Meaning of Fukang | Babel Free

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A county-level city of Changji, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

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“Leaving the little "hsien" city of Fukang—"The Mound of Peace"—we realised with delight that only one more night in an inn lay between us and the Mission Compound in Urumchi, where we should find a bed, sheets, bathing facilities in the place of the small tin basin which we carried, and the possibilities of getting our clothes washed.”

“Another mountain lake at Fukang will be tapped to water 45,000 mow of nothern Sinkiang farms.”

“The explosion occurred at 2.40am in the Shenlong mine, 38km east of the city of Fukang, when 87 miners were working underground.”

“Fukang, which sits near regional capital Urumqi, decided to remove all matches from circulation to ensure they are not used by “terrorist groups or individual extremists to carry out criminal activities”, the People’s Daily said on its website. Police destroyed 20,223 boxes of matches, which will ensure that the city maintains its current peaceful environment, the newspaper added, citing the local government.”

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