Meaning of A-k'o-su | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“Mr. Peng said that the world-famous scientist, Sven Hedin, was kidnapped by troops under General Ma in south Sinkiang, but was released later, and is believed to be safe and well at Akosu.”

“The engineering department of the Sinkiang Posts and Telecommunications Control Bureau fully utilized both native and foreign methods to carry out innovation and technical revolution. About 80 percent of its line work are now mechanized. A remote control switch for the radio transmitter was test-produced by the Kashgar and A-k'o-su bureaus.”

“The Emperor decreed [to the ministers in the grand council]: "According to a memorial from Yü-ch'i,⁴²⁷ after he received Our edict, he ordered a search to discover whether the Mohammedans of Andijan who had returned to A-k'o-su from I-li, had brought Russian goods (furs) with them. What he has done is wrong.”

“The CYL members and young people in Akosu Region, Sinkiang, have actively taken part in the three great revolutionary movements and the movement to criticize revisionism and rectify the style of work.”

“The northern part of the Tarim Basin includes large cotton fields around A-k'o-su (Aksu), Hsin-ho, K'u-ch'e (Kucha) and K'u-erh-le (Korla), where the Tarim river and its tributaries are the main source of water supply. Long-staple cotton has been introduced to the state farms in A-k'o-su and K'u-erh-le, both of which are potential sites for cotton-textile manufacturing.”

“In the 1750s Chao Chün-jui engaged in business in various towns in Sinkiang such as Yarkand and Akosu.[...]During these years he opened a shop in Yarkand and began to buy jade, which he entrusted to his employees Yu Chin-pao, Hsu Tzu-chien, and others to transport to Soochow in the lower Yangtze. There they sold the jade and bought silks and tea which could be marketed in Akosu and other towns on the northern rim of the Tarim Basin where Chao maintained commercial contacts.”

“There is general agreement that his military forces were organized into six divisions. They were stationed at the following places: at Ti-hua under the command of Liu Hsi-tsen, at T'a-ch'eng under Chiang Sung-lin, at Ili under Niu Shih, at A-shan under Wei Chen-kuo, at A-k'o-su under Chang Tzu-t'ing, and at Ko-shih-ko-erh^([sic – meaning K'o-shih-ko-erh]) (Kashgar) nominally under Tsou-ying, but in reality under Chin's brother, Chin Shu-chih.”

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