Minqin

See also: Mínqín

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 民勤 (Mínqín).

Proper noun

Minqin

1. A county of Wuwei, Gansu, in northwestern China.
   • 2016 October 27, Edward Wong, quoting Troy Sternberg, “How China’s Politics of Control Shape the Debate on Deserts”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on October 27, 2016, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:

     Why is Minqin County, with 115 millimeters of annual precipitation, being farmed? Why do crop failure, abandoned fields and dust storms surprise the government? One hundred fifteen millimeters is not enough for crops to grow. Parts of the Sahara have more precipitation. It is totally unsuited to farming.
     I have never heard a government official take responsibility for any policy impact or failure. Minqin officials assign crops, including wine grapes and tomatoes at the edge of Tengger sand dunes, but the local farmers bear the economic risk. The motivation is perceived high profit for officials. The sad scene turns a desert into a wasteland.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 民勤

  Mandarin: 民勤 (zh) (Mínqín)