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|text=Military chieftains of three Communist "military regions" (Chengtu, Kunming and Canton) and five provincial “military districts” (Szechwon{{sic|Szechwan}}, Tibet, Yunnan, Kweichow and Kwangsi) held a joint conference last September in '''Chaotung''', Yunnan, to discuss measures to be taken against the guerrilla forces. |
|text=Military chieftains of three Communist "military regions" (Chengtu, Kunming and Canton) and five provincial “military districts” (Szechwon{{sic|Szechwan}}, Tibet, Yunnan, Kweichow and Kwangsi) held a joint conference last September in '''Chaotung''', Yunnan, to discuss measures to be taken against the guerrilla forces. |
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|title=Hundreds dead after quake strikes Yunnan province |
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|text=The US Geological Survey said the magnitude-6.1 quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres (6 miles) at around 8:30 a.m. (GMT).<br>Most of the deaths were in '''Zhaotong''' City, the Xinhua state news agency reported.}} |
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Revision as of 20:43, 1 July 2022
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Chao-t'ung
- Chaotung
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 昭通 (Zhāotōng).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Zhaotong
- A prefecture-level city in Yunnan, China.
- [1977 November 27, “Guerrilla activities”, in Free China Weekly[1], volume XVIII, number 47, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
- Military chieftains of three Communist "military regions" (Chengtu, Kunming and Canton) and five provincial “military districts” (Szechwon[sic – meaning Szechwan], Tibet, Yunnan, Kweichow and Kwangsi) held a joint conference last September in Chaotung, Yunnan, to discuss measures to be taken against the guerrilla forces.]
- 2014 August 3, “Hundreds dead after quake strikes Yunnan province”, in France 24[2], archived from the original on 03 August 2014:
- The US Geological Survey said the magnitude-6.1 quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres (6 miles) at around 8:30 a.m. (GMT).
Most of the deaths were in Zhaotong City, the Xinhua state news agency reported.
Translations
prefecture-level city in China
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