Suining
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See also: Suíníng
English
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Mandarin 遂寧/遂宁 (Suìníng).
Proper noun
[edit]Suining
- A prefecture-level city in Sichuan, China.
- 1917 June 28, “POCONO NOTES”, in The Friend[1], volume 90, number 53, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 630:
- These dear Friends entertained and instructed us by an account of their educational and medical work among the Chinese at Suining Sze-chwan, where it was the good fortune of the writer to spend several days two years ago, when visiting the Missions of English Friends in that distant land.
- 2011 December 23, Sui-Lee Wee, Chris Buckley, “China dissident jailed for 9 years for "subversive" essays”, in Ron Popeski, Ed Lane, editors, Reuters[2], archived from the original on 19 August 2022, World News[3]:
- Chen’s lawyer, Zheng Jianwei, said the court in Suining, a city in Sichuan province, found Chen guilty of the charge of “inciting subversion of state power” by writing essays critical of the government.
- 2011 December 26, Edward Wong, “China Jails Writer for Subversion”, in The New York Times[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2011-12-26, ASIA PACIFIC[5]:
- On Friday, another writer, Chen Wei, was sentenced by a court in Suining, Sichuan Province, to nine years in prison on the same charge.
Translations
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[edit]Suining