Meaning of Xicheng | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A district in downtown Beijing, China, comprising the sections immediately west of the Forbidden City.
2. a subdistrict in Zengdu, Suizhou, Hubei, China
3. a subdistrict in Jingzhou, Jingzhou, Hubei, China

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“The city of Peking has 85 neighborhoods, each with more than 50,000 residents (Luo, 1980). The Fengsheng Neighborhood in the Xicheng District of Peking, for example, has 14,136 families and 52,978 persons.”

“In Xixingsheng lane of the Xicheng District, more than 20 armed policemen were beaten up by mobs; some were badly injured, and the others’ whereabouts are unknown.”

“Xicheng The sector immediately west of the Forbidden City, Xicheng is the site of some of the most extensive old hutong (alleyway) neighborhoods left in Beijing.”

“In Beijing, authorities ordered all cinemas closed until November 14 in the capital's Xicheng district, which lies west of Tiananmen Square and is home to over a million people.”

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