Meaning of Hai-shen-wei | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

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“1604 v., Vladivostock (Hai-shen-wei in Chinese) 8116 v., from Moscow. Buffet. The station is situated in the Western part of the Gold Horn (See⟳ MARITIME PROVINCE, R. 1).”

“Marshall’s concern⟳ over Russia was to prove⟳ itself not without foundation. The Russians were already exploring areas along the Amur River, and only seven years after Marshall’s warning, Russia acquired an important tract of land⟳ between the Ussuri and the sea (including the city of Hai-ts’an-wei^([sic – meaning Hai-shen-wei]), later changed to Vladivostok) as a reward⟳ for her good offices during the Anglo-French Chinese war of 1858-60.”

“In the era of Manchu decline⟳, however, the Russians were able to obtain⟳ by 1860 vast stretches of territory north of the Amur River and, even more importantly, territory east of the Ussuri, which was to become⟳ known as the Maritime Province. Here at a fishing place⟳ known to the Chinese as Hai-shen-wei they established the port significantly named Vladivostok (‘Lord of the East’).”

“In the course of consultation between the two sides on the visit⟳, Tsuchiya requested that the Japanese mission be allowed to visit⟳ the Soviet units garrisoned along the Sino-Soviet border⟳, the naval base⟳ at Hai-shen-wei and the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan.”

“He had come⟳ here to carve a slice of China for the Tsar. A year ago the Russians had annexed Manchuria’s east coast and the strategic port of Hai-shen-wei, renaming it Vladivostok — ‘eastern possession’.”

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