XINHUI

shĭn-hwē or Sunwuisoonˈwēˈ, town (1994 est. pop. 254,700), S Guangdong prov., SE China, in the Xi River delta, near Guangzhou. It has fruit orchards, fruit-processing industries, and machine shops. Tungsten mines are in the area. A treaty port in 1904, it was an important outlet for Chinese emigrants to the United States. The name sometimes appears as Hsin-hui.

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books on: Xinhui  - 57 results

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1.
Becoming Chinese: Passages to Modernity and beyond
Book by Wen-Hsin Yeh; University of California Press, 2000
Subjects: China--Civilization--20th Century, Cities And Towns--China--History--20th Century, National Characteristics, Chinese
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Down to Earth: The Territorial Bond in South China
Book by David Faure, Helen F. Siu; Stanford University, 1995
Subjects: China--History--Ch?Ing Dynasty, 1644-1912, China--History--Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Chu River Delta (China)--Genealogy, Ethnicity--China--Chu River Delta--History, Inheritance And Succession--China--Chu River Delta--History, Kinship--China--Chu River Delta--History, Land Tenure--China--Chu River Delta--History, Land Use, Rural--China--Chu River Delta--History, Right Of Property--China--Chu River Delta--History
...As Helen Siu put it in her study of Xinhui county, "The concentration of wealth and...in the case of Huicheng district in Xinhui, "in the county academies." 22 The...30 And, as Siu also discovered in Xinhui, the schools were institutions where local...
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Tigers, Rice, Silk, and Silt: Environment and Economy in Late Imperial South China
Book by Robert B. Marks; Cambridge University Press, 1997
Subjects: China--History--Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, China--History--Qing Dynasty, 1644-1912, Economic Development--Environmental Aspects--China--History, Guangdong Sheng (China)--Economic Conditions, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China)--Economic Conditions, Human Beings--Effect Of Environment On--China--History, Nature--Effect Of Human Beings On--China--History
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The Power of Words: Literacy and Revolution in South China, 1949-95
Book by Glen Peterson; University of British Columbia Press, 1997
Subjects: Literacy Programs--China--History--20th Century, Literacy--China--Guangdong Sheng--History--20th Century, Literacy--Government Policy--China--History--20th Century
...late 1890s. Liang Qichao wrote in 1896 that, having talked with the mean and ignorant sishu teachers in his home county of Xinhui, he knew why peasants remained mired in rural poverty all their lives. 15 Intellectuals like Liang and modern school reformers...
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Unity and Diversity: Local Cultures and Identities in China
Book by Tao Tao Liu, David Faure; Hong Kong University Press, 1996
Subjects: China--Civilization, China--Social Conditions, National Characteristics, Chinese
...Shunde, Donguan, most of Zhongshan and Xinhui, consisted of land reclamations conducted...student of the philosopher Chen Baisha of Xinhui county, whom Zhan took to be an equal...Yao wars of 1460s and 70s for much of Xinhui. 26 The uprising of Huang Xiaoyang...
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journal articles on: Xinhui  - 16 results

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Fallen Leaves' Homecoming: Notes on the 1893 Gold Mountain Charity Cemetery in Xinhui
Journal article by Marlon K. Hom; Chinese America: History and Perspectives, 2002
Subjects: Cemeteries--History, Cemeteries--International aspects, Chinese Americans--History, Overseas Chinese--History
...the 1893 Gold Mountain Charity Cemetery in Xinhui. by Marlon K. Hom Authors Note: Xinhui, together with three other counties--Kaiping...originated. In the imperial (pre-1911) days, Xinhui was for a long time the administrative center...
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California Dreaming: Migration and Dependency
Journal article by Madeline Y. Hsu; Chinese America: History and Perspectives, 2002
Subjects: Emigration and immigration--Analysis
...forms a triangle between the counties of Xinhui to the northeast and Kaiping and Enping...the county initially flow west toward Xinhui, then turn south to empty into the ocean...Chenghua (1465-1468), Tao Lu, an official in Xinhui County, proposed building a canal that...
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Introduction
Journal article; Chinese America: History and Perspectives, 2002
...Cemetery" established a century earlier in Xinhui county Deriving its name, Yizhong (Charity...contains the unclaimed remains of 386 Xinhui natives who died in Gold Mountain, Hom...unclaimed for four years, a local charity in Xinhui City came forward to bury these Gold Mountain...
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"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings!": Dunbar in China
Journal article by Xilao Li; African American Review, Vol. 41, 2007
Subjects: African American authors--Criticism and interpretation, African American authors--Works, African American literature--Study and teaching, African American writers--Criticism and interpretation, African American writers--Works, American literature--African American authors, American literature--Study and teaching, Dunbar, Paul Laurence--Criticism and interpretation, Dunbar, Paul Laurence--Works, Learning--Analysis, Learning--Models, Teaching models--Analysis
...printed the translation of a short poem under the Chinese title "xinhui" meaning "heartbreak" (Gu). It is actually Dunbars "Conscience...146-56. Beijing: Renmin Wenxue Chuban She. Gu, Kenfu, trans. "Xinhui Conscience and Remorse." Jiefang Huabao Liberation Illustrated...
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Chinese Guilds in the Apparel Industry of San Francisco
Journal article by Him Mark Lai; Chinese America: History and Perspectives, 2008
Subjects: Clothing industry--History, Clothing industry--Labor relations, Labor movement--History, Labor movement--Personalities, Labor unions--History, Labor unions--United States, Organizational structure--Analysis, San Francisco, California--Economic aspects
...Panyu, Shunde, Hua Xian, Kaiping, Xinning (Taishan after 1914), Xinhui, Xiangshan (Zhongshan after 1925). Workers from Taishan were most numerous; next came Nanhai, Shunde, and Xinhui. Counties with only a few workers, such as Heshan and Enping or...
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encyclopedia articles on: Xinhui  - 3 results

 
 
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Xinhui
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
XINHUI shin-hwe or Sunwui soon we , town (1994 est. pop. 254,700), S Guangdong prov., SE China, in the Xi River delta, near Guangzhou...
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Hsin-Hui
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HSIN-HUI China: see Xinhui . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Sunwui
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SUNWUI see Xinhui , China. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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