chungshan

Example Sentences

• "About one-seventh of the world’s output of raw silk is produced in the Province of Kwangtung, where the principal districts from the standpoint of value of raw-silk production are Shuntak, Chungshan, Namhoi, Sunwui and Samshui. All the silk business of Kwangtung Province centers in Shuntak (south of Canton, in the Canton delta area)."
• "Today’s communique reported engagements in Kwangtung in extreme South China. “The Chinese are advancing against enemy position at Chungshan, the Birthplace of Sun Yat Sen.—Reuter."
• "After this operation one battalion was left to garrison Chungshan; one company occupied Hsiaolan, about 25 kilometers northwest of Chungshan; and two companies patrolled the mountains north of Macao. In addition to this force, some 3,000 Nanking puppet troops were assigned peace preservation duties in the Chungshan area."
• "In Kwangtung Province, more than 45,000 cadres were sent to communes from the cities. Tʻao Chu, first secretary of the CPC Kwangtung provincial committee, worked as a county Party secretary in Chungshan County."
• "Fourth, the Chinese who settled in the Suisun Valley all came from the same district of Loong Doo, Chungshan County, Guangdong, China, while the majority of Chinese who settled in the Sacramento River Delta were from other parts of the same county."
• "Heungshan (Xiangshan) District was renamed Chungshan (Zhongshan) District in 1925 in honor of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who led the 1911 Revolution that overthrew the Qing dynasty and founded the Republic of China. In 1965 the Wong Leung Do area separated from Chungshan District to become Doumen District. Today, Doumen District is a part of Xiangzhou District of Zhuhai City."