Gong'an

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Etymology

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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 公安 (Gōng'ān).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔŋˌɑn/, /-æn/

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Gong'an

  1. A county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
    • 1999, Tony Lambert, “A survey of church growth, province by province”, in China's Christian Millions[1], Monarch Books, published 2006, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 252:
      Gong’an County has over 3,000 Christians who hope to build a church in the county town to hold 700 people.
    • [2009 May 5, Beijing newsroom, “China cigarette order goes up in smoke”, in Ben Blanchard, Miral Fahmy, editors, Reuters[2], archived from the original on 08 April 2017, Lifestyle‎[3]:
      Functionaries in Gongan county in rural Hubei province had been ordered to smoke at least 23,000 packs of cigarettes a year, worth nearly 4 million yuan ($586,700), to cushion government finances, according to regional media reports.]
    • [2009 October 25, Sharon LaFraniere, “Salute All Cars, Kids. It’s a Rule in China.”, in The New York Times[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 October 2011, Asia Pacific‎[5]:
      Often, the skewering gets results. In April, one county in Hubei Province in central China drew nationwide ridicule after officials ordered civil servants and employees of state-owned companies to buy a total of 23,000 packs of the province’s brand of cigarettes every year. []
      County officials said the increased revenue from the cigarette tax would buoy the local economy. After several weeks of embarrassment, Gongan County officials posted a short message on the government’s Web site that read: “We have decided to remove this edict.”
      ]

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