Xihua

Definitions

A county of Zhoukou, Henan, China.

Examples

“The Honan authorities do not appear⟳ to have⟳ been successful in maintaining order⟳ and suppressing brigandage. Amongst the innumerable acts of lawlessness reported, one of the most daring occurred in the early part of December when a band of 500 mounted robbers attacked the district city of Hsi-hua Hsien, and after looting the town departed unmolested, taking with them some of the leading inhabitants for whose release⟳ they demanded a ransom.”

“Led contingent of New 4th Army, operating with Eastern Honan Anti-Japanese Guerrilla 3rd Detachment, Aug. 1938; Hsiao’s contingent, 3rd Detachment, and a section of 4th Division, New 4th Army, led by P’eng Hsüeh-feng joined forces in Hsihua (西華) county and re-grouped to be a guerrilla detachment of New 4th Army, Sept. 1938; detachment became known as 6th Detachment, Noy. 1939;[…]”

蕭望東

“While the May 30th Movement is usually perceived by historians as essentially a Communist-instigated urban proletarian movement, in the suburban countryside in Xihua county the antiforeign struggle⟳ attracted a sizable number⟳ of peasants. Surprisingly, the Xihua boycott in Youth Village (qingnian cun) was organized in the name⟳ of a peasant organization, the Central Plain Peasant Association (Zhongyuan nongmin xiehui).”

“The latest Christian "house church" crackdown is occurring in Xihua county, in Henan. There, a powerful Christian movement has been sweeping across parts of the province, fueled by the collapse of faith in communism and economic woes that turn⟳ many people's attention toward spiritual issues.”

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