Meaning of Ch'in-huang-tao | Babel Free

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Noun. [C2]

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“Fearing attack on the northern ports by the English, he even took precautionary measures by strengthening the defense of Shan-hai-kuan 山海關 and Ch‘in-huang-tao 秦皇島.”

“Here are the K’ai-lan coal mines, China’s second largest, and the three industrial centers— T’ang-shan, with its large cement factory; Ch’in-huang-tao, the coal export port and the site of the largest glass factory in China; and Tientsin, port as well as the chief cotton textile and flour-milling center for north China.”

“Coal produced in K’ai-luan was usually shipped by steamer through the port of Ch’in-huang-tao to Shanghai and other ports on the East China coast.”

“Then, in 1941, decision was reached between the Chungking and American authorities to transport these fossils to the United States for safekeeping, and they were crated and moved to a warehouse in Ch’in-huang-tao, a small port city northeast of Peking, into the custody of the U.S. Marines.”

“Harbor improvements are planned for nine major ports along China's coast; five are being improved to upgrade petroleum transport facilities. Many of the projects involve construction of roads and railways as well as warehouses and oil storage tanks. Included in these plans are developments at the port of Ch’in-huang-tao, Talien and Huang-tao in the northeast and Chan-chiang in the south.”

“This region is separated from the known range of brevicaudus by the southern Manchurian Plain and the mountains of Liaoning that extend almost to the sea at Ch’in-huang-tao.”

“Further evidence of rising wages comes from data for the mid-1920s indicating that yearly contracts for male farm laborers paid as little as 11 yuan in some localities, 30-40 yuan in others, and 60-70 yuan in Ch’in-huang-tao and T’ang-shan (near K’ai-luan).”

“The squadron covered their evacuation by train from Peiping to the port city of Ch’in-huang-tao (now Quinhuangdao), where the Great Wall meets the ocean.”

“On July 12 the Marshall party boarded the army transport St. Mihiel in New York and, after stops with friends in San Francisco and Honolulu, landed at Ch’in-huang-tao, China, on September 7, reaching Tientsin regimental headquarters soon after.”

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