Meaning of Wuhsi | Babel Free

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Noun. [B1]

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“WUHSI, SEPTEMBER 25-26 Our short stay⟳ in Wuhsi served as a rest⟳ stop⟳, since there was no physics institution to visit⟳....The Wuhsi authorities seemed anxious to create⟳ a good impression, since the Chinese government is attempting to build⟳ up Wuhsi as an alternative to the better-known scenic spots nearby, Soochow and Hangchow....Since Wuhsi is in the heart of the silk and fishery industrial areas, the commune grew mulberry trees to feed⟳ the silkworms and had some 120 man-made ponds for hatching many kinds of edible fishes.”

“Wood, bamboo, wood-oil and materials for the making of small daily goods are either unavailable, too costly or not up to required standards. Many enterprises have⟳ thus been forced to alter their production patterns. Wuhsi (in Kiangsu province, midway between Shanghai and Nanking) had planned to make⟳ 235 kinds of consumer goods last⟳ year but had to abandon more than 80 of them because problems of raw materials could not be settled.”

“Wuhsi A million years ago, the East China Sea reached into the present⟳ Wuhsi area as a bay.... Since the thirties, Wuhsi has become⟳ increasingly industrialized; it is now one of the most important manufacturing towns in the area, far more important in this regard than nearby Suchou....Silk has always been a Wuhsi industry, and the mulberry trees around the lake feed⟳ the worms that feed⟳ the filatures of the town.”

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