Meaning of Liaoning | Babel Free

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A province in northeastern China. Capital: Shenyang.

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“Name⟳ of Fengtien province changed to Liaoning.”

“The course of the Yalu river traverses a track of country ranging from 124 20' to 128 40' E. Long. and from 39 50' to 42 15, N. Lat., the course of its main stream affording a boundary line on the south-western side of Changpai Mountain (長白山), dividing the southern parts of Liaoning Province from the Korean provinces Kankyo Nando (咸鏡南道) and Hsian Hokudo (平安北道).”

“Mukden, Liaoning, Manchuria [consular district] All of the Province of Liaoning (Fengtien) except the leased territory of Kwantung; and all that part of the Province of Kirin lying to the south of the parallel of 44° north latitude, including the following places in Kirin which are open⟳ to trade⟳: Changchun (Kwanchengtze), Hunchun, Kirin, Lungchingtsun, Towtaokow, Wangching (Paitsaokow), and Yenki (Chützuchieh).”

“At Lin-hsi in Jehol, Sha-kang in Hsin-min Hsien, Liaoning, and Ang-ang-hsi in Heilungchiang, cultural deposits were found in a black earth layer which lies beneath a yellowish, sandy layer in a black earth layer, making the transition from the semiarid loess stage⟳ of teh terminal Pleistocene to the semiarid condition of the present⟳ day, probably represents an ancient forest cover⟳.”

“By the 1960s Tientsin was the leading chemical manufacturing centre of China, and had become⟳ the third ranking industrial region, behind only Shanghai and the central Liaoning province region of southern Manchuria.”

“Indications that the Maoists are tightening their grip on farmers came in a May 7 People's Daily report⟳ from a commune at Changwu of Liaoning province.”

“After living in a village in China’s northeastern Liaoning province for 2 1/2 years, Kim Jungah could no longer bear⟳ the possibility of her daughter seeing her dragged away by Chinese authorities.”

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