Hsinking

English

Hsinking railway station

Etymology

From Mandarin 新京 (Xīnjīng). Literally, “new capital” (because of the circumstances during the occupation).

Pronunciation

• enPR: shĭn′kĭng′, shĭn′gĭng′

Proper noun

Hsinking

1. (historical, in reference to Manchukuo) Synonym of Changchun.
   • 1928 March 8 [1928 February 20], A.N.A., “NEW RAILWAYS IN MANCHURIA.”, in Hongkong Daily Press‎^[1], number 21,732, Hong Kong, sourced from Peking, →OCLC, page 3, column 3:

     In order to improve the line of communications in Manchuria, the Chinese authorities are going to extend the Mukden-Hailung to Linkiang viá Hsinking and Tunghua as requested by the residents of these cities; but in view of the small amount of the product for export by the line, the prospect is not quite favourable. According to semi-official reports, the proposed extension will start at Hsinking for Tunghua, over 320 Chinese li away.

   • 1938 December, Government-General of Tyosen, Keizyo, “GENERAL REMARKS”, in Foreign Affairs Department, editor, Annual report on Administration of Tyosen, 1937–38‎^[2], Tokyo: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 33:

     Now that the railway from Kainei to Tunwha is completed thus making connection with Kirin and Hsinking on the South Manchuria Railway, Seisin may look forward to a considerable increase in shipping.

   • 1964, Chalmers Johnson, “The Fruits of Espionage”, in An Instance of Treason: The Story of the Tokio Spy Ring‎^[3], London: Heinemann, published 1965, →OCLC, page 151:

     They discovered the presence of about one division at Hailaerh (Jehol) and another at Tsitsihar, details of troop movements in and around Harbin and Hsinking, the numbers of aircraft and tanks concentrated at Kungchuling (near Mukden), and the unit strength of all other forces in western Manchukuo.

   • 2019 January 6, Paul French, “How Chinese bandits’ kidnapping of a blond British bride and her pet dogs became a global news story”, in South China Morning Post‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on January 07, 2019, Long Reads‎^[5]:

     Japanese officials in the Manchukuo puppet-state’s capital of Hsinking (Changchun) replied that Britain should rest easy as their intention was to eradicate every bandit in Manchukuo, once their soldiers had finished the all-important task of bringing in the sorghum harvest.

   • 2021 June 22, Kenneth Chang, “Ei-ichi Negishi, Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry, Dies at 85”, in The New York Times‎^[6], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on June 22, 2021, Science‎^[7]:

     Ei-ichi Negishi was born on July 14, 1935, in Changchun, China, then known as Hsinking, the capital of the Japanese-controlled part of the country, in the northeast.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hsinking.

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新京 (zh) (Xīnjīng)

• Japanese: 新京 (ja) (しんきょう, Shinkyō)
• Korean: 신징 (sinjing)
• Russian: Синьцзин m (Sinʹczin)