Meaning of Meilan | Babel Free

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A district of Haikou, Hainan, China.

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“This is what happened when an unnamed Chinese man got into an argument with a woman over a parking place in the Meilan District of Haikou City, Hainan, China. She parked her scooter and attacked the man when he began shouting at her to move.”

“On Thursday, the woman, surnamed Chen, was convicted of posing a threat to public safety after she slapped the driver, Fu Chuanming, on the face during a dispute in December at Haikou, Hainan island, the website of the People’s Daily reported. Meilan District People’s Court passed judgment in the 29-year old,^([sic – meaning year-old]) but it was unclear if she would appeal, the report said.”

“On paper, this has resulted in an unprecedented level of Party-state penetration, particularly in rural areas. Thus, Shaanxi's Yangchuan, with a population of only 170,100, constructed a whopping 387 Civilized Practice Centers, one for every 440 people (Yan'an Ribao 2019). Oddly, the difference between heavily populated and less populated areas is negligible: Shandong's Pingdu boasted the third-lowest number of people served per Center (765) (Qingdao Wenmingwang 2020), whereas Hainan's Meilan District, with half the population, succeeded in penetrating far less successfully, with each center serving a median of 11,635 (Haikouwang 2019).”

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