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Meaning of Chengkou | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A county of Chongqing, China.

Examples

“Salt Works Close Hundreds of thousands of workers are report unemployed as a result of the recent closing of the Chengkou saltworks, on the Shensi border of northeast Szechuen, which, closing, many believe, was deliberately engineered by the Kaihsien salt Producers, who were desirous of cornering that market. The trouble is aggravated by the Government's order that only salt produced in Kaihsien is to be sold in Chengkou. Decidedly angry at the state of affairs, the residents of Chengkou have declared that rather than buy Kaihsien salt, they would go without any salt.”
“Zhu Zhao-ling and others (1977) report a section at Chengkou County, northeastern Sichuan, and Ni Yu-nan (1978) revised the graptolite zones of the type Lungmachi Formation.”
“On Aug. 29, party officials from Chengkou county appeared in Pingba, arrested Wei and stopped the vote.”
“Wei Shengduo, secretary of the Party Committee of Pingba Township of Chengkou County of Chongqing Municipality, did a comprehensive experiment on reforming the political system by trying the direct election of the secretary of the Township Party Committee and township head in 2003, but the reform was forced to stop under the interference of leaders at the county and municipal levels.”

民主中国与世界

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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