Suqian
See also: Sùqiān
English
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editFrom the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 宿遷/宿迁 (Sùqiān).
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editSuqian
- A prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, in eastern China.
- 2008 August 3, Jim Yardley, “The State Requests That Citizen Liu Win Gold”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 January 2018, Play Magazine[2]:
- Coaches begin identifying prospects during regular visits to local elementary schools. Consider that in just one city — Suqian, in Jiangsu Province — every government district was asked to assess children from the ages of 8 to 13 and select candidates for sports schools.
- 2021 February 26, Pak Yiu, Gabriel Crossley, “Chinese court backs publisher of textbook calling homosexuality 'psychological disorder'”, in Karishma Singh, editor, Reuters[3], archived from the original on 2021-04-15, China[4]:
- According to a copy of the Feb. 9 appeal ruling seen by Reuters, Suyu District Intermediate Court in the city of Suqian said the description resulted from "perceptual differences" and was not a factual error, upholding a judgment made in September last year.
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