Meaning of Yulin | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, China.
2. A prefecture-level city of Shaanxi, China.
3. A bay of Sanya, Hainan, China.
4. A naval base in Sanya, Hainan, China.

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“Gen. Hsiang Han-pin is reported to have occupied Sunhu on Feb. 17 and captured 3,000 prisoners while two battalions of the Ironsides, which had secretly joined the Kwangsi rebels were captured and disarmed by Gen. Tsai Tung-kai's forces west of Watlam.”

“Thousands of dogs are slaughtered and served in restaurants in Yulin, in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, for the festival, which is set to begin on June 21. Its proponents defend the practice as an expression of cultural heritage and argue that eating dogs is no different from eating cows or turkeys.”

“The Yulin city government hopes to sell 8,000 housing units to villagers this year, the paper said, pointing to the collapse in urban demand. But rural residents in the Guangxi autonomous region, which includes Yulin, on average earn only about 5,000 yuan ($748) a year, less than half of what urban residents make, official statistics show.”

“About twelve wersts and a half from Yulin, we arrived at the fort of Tcha tao, close to which there is an inn, where we found a great number of travellers assembled; some were preparing to proceed on their difficult road across the mountains, and others resting themselves after having accomplished this fatiguing journey.”

“Under the threat of sandstorms, the town of Yu-Lin had been "on the move" three times in the past. If one climbs up the rampart in the northeastern corner of the old town, one can see remnants of the Great Wall, standing amidst the vast yellow sands.”

“The next morning I caught a taxi north of Yulin, where the Great Wall ran through the desert. Tourists rarely came to see the wall here, because it was unrestored and the northern Shaanxi roads were so bad.”

“At the section of the Great Wall of China that runs through Yulin, tour guide Gao Jing says she tried to learn English in expectation of the increased number of overseas visitors the city planned to attract as part of its economic transformation. But the international tourists haven't come to Yulin, once a coal, oil and natural gas boom town in the northwestern province of Shaanxi, and in their absence she has forgotten her English.”

“U.S. cameras have photo­graphed construction of a ship berthing area, a jetty and more than 50 buildings, as well as dredging of a channel at Woody Island, one of the largest of the group. Chinese convoys are reported sailing frequently from the port of Yulin on Hainan Island's south coast to Woody Island, about 200 miles to the southeast.”

“The United States once asked Communist China to permit US Seventh Fleet to dock at Shanghai, and Peiping considered the possibility of allowing the U.S. Navy to make use of port facilities at Yulin on Hainan Island, according to a top Chinese Communist official.”

“Yulin base was originally developed to serve mainly as a conventional submarine facility, located on the eastern bank of the Yulin Bay. It is close to the Parcel and Spratly Islands in the South China Sea disputed between China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and the Philippines.”

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