Meaning of Huangchuan | Babel Free

Definitions

A county of Xinyang, Henan, China.

Examples

“On February 23, General Chang Fang, Pacification Commissioner, for the special district of South Honan proceeded to Huangchuan to direct⟳ his troops in the suppression of the bandits.”

“Rev. Bly, of the United Lutheran Mission at Huangchuan, Honan, states that probably all of the important leaders in the Honan-Anhui-Hupeh Soviet organization are graduates of universities and colleges, at least one being a returned student from France; some of these were associated with the Hankow Government in 1926-7, and had to flee⟳ for their lives at the time of the turn-over.”

“A survey of Huangchuan County, Henan Province, revealed that, in the period 1979-86, 39.6% of all marriages were through the matchmaker, 37.6% through third-party introductions, 6.9% through relatives’ introductions, and only 15.8% through direct⟳ acquaintance, ‘the model⟳ of modern marital behaviour’ (1994, 174-5).”

“A principal from a Huangchuan county primary school in Xinyang, China’s southeastern Henan province, was sacked last⟳ week after two teachers from its nursery section took turns flogging a four-year-old boy.”

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