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Citations:Wenchuan

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English citations of Wenchuan

  • 1911, W. N. Ferguson, Adventure, Sport and Travel on the Tibetan Steppes[1], New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, →OCLC, page 87:
    On the evening of March 6, Wenchuan was reached, and a fairly comfortable inn was found in which they made their headquarters for some time.
  • [1954, Herold J. Wiens, “T'u-ssu System”, in Han Chinese Expansion in South China[2], Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 244:
    A third example of the t'u-ssu system as prevalent just before the Communist regime came to power in China is that of the Hsuan-wei-ssu of Wa-ssu or Wa Lamasery in the territory of Wen-ch'uan Hsien (northwest of Ch'eng-tu, Ssu-ch'uan).]
  • 2011, “Wenchuan And Yushu Quakes”, in 听听中国怎么说 [China Invites The World To Listen]‎[3], Beijing, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 271:
    At 2:28 p. m. on Monday, exactly a week after an 8.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Wenchuan, the 1.3-billion Chinese people stopped to observe three minutes in silence for the victims.
  • 2018 May 10, Tiffany May, “10 Years After Tragic Quake, China Calls for ‘Thanksgiving’”, in The New York Times[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-05-10, ASIA PACIFIC‎[5]:
    After Wenchuan County officials announced the day of thanksgiving to mark the anniversary on Saturday, the state news media described “beautiful, tidy buildings” that now populate the most ravaged disaster zone.
  • 2022 July 21, Cortney Moore, “World's oldest male panda, An An, dies at age 35 in Hong Kong”, in Fox News[6], archived from the original on 21 July 2022, Asia‎[7]:
    Though An An’s exact birthday isn’t clear, records show he was born in 1986 in Sichuan, China.
    He originally lived at the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan’s Wenchuan County until his transfer to Ocean Park.