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Qiongzhong

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Etymology

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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 瓊中 / 琼中 (Qióngzhōng).

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Qiongzhong

  1. A Li and Miao autonomous county in Hainan, China.
    • [1973 August, Teng Yuan-ying, “A Miao Woman's Story”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXII, number 8, Peking, →OCLC, page 45, column 1:
      Twenty-six people from our village are delegates to peoples' congresses at various levels in Kwangtung province. My Mei-hua was elected vice-chairwoman of the Chiungchung county revolutionary committee.]
    • 2013 January 30, Zhuang Pinghui, “Xi Jinping calls for curbs on lavish official banquets”, in South China Morning Post[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on May 25, 2014, China‎[2]:
      The head of the finance bureau in Qiongzhong county, Hainan, was sacked last week after an inspection team visited a restaurant and found an invoice for 15,000 yuan (HK$18,400) issued to the government that was actually for three private banquets held by the chief.

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