Citations:Qujing

English citations of Qujing

• [1914, Alexander Hosie, On the Trail of the Opium Poppy‎^[1], volume 1, Small, Maynard & Company, →OCLC, page 88:

  The traffic in eggs was enormous, and I found, on inquiry, that they came from the prefectural city of Ch'ü-ching Fu, as a collecting centre, a four and a half days' journey to the north-east of Yunnan Fu, and that the traffic ceased in summer, not owing to the heat, which, one might imagine, would have a tendency to addle the eggs, but to the concomitant of heat and moisture, the mosquito, the female of which pierces the shells with her proboscis and thereby admits the air.]

• [1978 July, Yu-ting Tu, Chen Lu-fan, “Was There a Massive Exodus of Thais?”, in Eastern Horizon‎^[2], volume XVII, number 7, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 30, column 1:

  The most prominent service Tuan rendered to the Mongols was the suppression of the uprising in 1264 of some 100,000 people from the various tribes in Yunnan. The up- rising spread from the present Yuhsi in Yunnan to other towns like Chuching and Chuhsiung, and finally Chungching (Kunming) fell to the rebel forces.]

• 2001 February, Paul Hattaway, China's Unreached Cities‎^[3], volume 1, Chiang Mai, Thailand: Darawan Printing, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 76, column 1:

  Although 96% of the city’s population are ethnic Han Chinese, there is a collection of minority peoples also in Qujing. The largest of these are the more-than 16,000 Yi, followed by 11,000 Hui, 3,000 Miao and 1,200 members of the Bai nationality.

• 2008 February 21, Polly Yam, “UPDATE 1-China's Luoping Zinc hit by snow in Yunnan”, in Anne Marie Roantree, editor, Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on 17 August 2023, INDUSTRY, MATERIALS AND UTILITIES‎^[5]:

  China's Luoping Zinc and Electricity 002114.SZ said it had halted mining production and reduced refined zinc production due to power shortages in Qujing city as more snow fell in Yunnan.

• 2021 February 22, Matthew Cappucci, quoting @China_Fact, “Beijing soars to 78 degrees, its warmest winter temperature on record”, in The Washington Post‎^[6], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on February 25, 2021, Capital Weather Gang‎^[7]:

  Peach Blossoms are in full bloom at Qujing, Yunnan province.