Xiaogan

Definitions

A prefecture-level city of Hubei, in central China.

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Examples

“When the planes do not come⟳ I am always consumed with curiosity as to where they do go. The urgent alarm means that they are within thirty miles of Hankow. I heard a rumour that they went to Siaokan north of Hankow on the railway. There is an air field there too.”

“In early September, teachers at a high school in the city of Xiaogan, in Hubei Province, went on strike⟳ over what they called the government’s refusal to give⟳ them the proper status in the public employment system. The status helps determine⟳ details of their pension plans.”

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