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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