ZHANJIANG

or Chankiangboth: jän-jyäng, Cantonese Tsamkong, official Chinese name for the former French territory of Kwangchowan (325 sq mi/840 sq km) on Guangzhou Bay, S Guangdong prov., China. It was leased from China in 1898 for 99 years but was returned in 1945. Its chief city, Fort-Bayard, was renamed Zhanjiang (1994 est. pop. 491,800) and since 1955 has been developed as a major seaport, servicing ships up to 10,000 tons, and as a regional trade center. The city, which is a special economic development zone, has textile, chemical, shipbuilding, sugar refining, and electric power industries, and is linked by rail to Guangxi prov. The name sometimes appears as Chan-chiang.

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books on: Zhanjiang  - 99 results

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China Urban Statistics
Book by China; Longman Group Ltd., 1985
Subjects: Cities And Towns--China--Statistics--Periodicals, Economic Indicators--China--Periodicals, Social Indicators--China--Periodicals
...1170.3 192.8 1263.0 74.0 Zhanjiang 4965.5 967.9 876.0 363.8 1076...13.2 4.6 4.7 9.9 8.4 Zhanjiang 13.9 14.7 4.0 4.0 9.9 10...248 325 1979 4.61 12383 Zhanjiang 12471 1460 34 806 398 663...
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Chinese Awakenings: Life Stories from the Unofficial China
Book by James Tyson, Ann Tyson; Westview Press, 1995
Subjects: China--Social Conditions--1976-, Interviews--China
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Mao's Crusade: Politics and Policy Implementation in China's Great Leap Forward
Book by Alfred L. Chan; Oxford University Press, 2001
Subjects: China--Economic Policy--1949-1976, Guangdong Sheng (China)--Economic Policy
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China's Entrepreneurial Army
Book by Tai Ming Cheung; Oxford University Press, 2001
Subjects: China--Military Policy, Defense Industries--China, Military-Owned Business Enterprises--China
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Industrialization of Rural China
Book by Chris Bramall; Oxford University Press, 2007
Subjects: China--Economic Policy--1976-2000, Industrialization--China
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journal articles on: Zhanjiang  - 5 results

 
 
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Media Internationalization in China: Processes and Tensions
Journal article by Joseph Man Chan; Journal of Communication, Vol. 44, 1994
Subjects: Communication
...TVB and ATV. Except in Guangzhou and Zhanjiang, Hong Kong television has outcompeted...24 Guangzhou 24 26 45 11 Zhanjiang 23 24 38 25 Source: Adopted...difficulty helps explain the case of Zhanjiang, which is the most distant from Hong...
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Characteristics of Geological Hazards in South China Coastal Areas and Impact on Regional Sustainable Development
Journal article by Zhaoyu Zhu, Jiubing Xie, Jianguo Zhang, Huaxian Liang; International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, Vol. 14, 2007
Subjects: China, Coastal zone management, Construction, Environmental economics, Hazardous substances, Remote sensing, Soil erosion, Sustainable development, Technological change
...survey of surface soil in sites in west Guangdong (Figure 3 and Zhanjiang city in Figure 1) shows the highest concentration of ^sup 137^Cs in topsoil of Huguangyan hill (HGY), Zhanjiang city, and the second highest concentration in topsoil of Shimaoling...
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Productivity and Agglomeration Economies in Chinese Cities
Journal article by Zelai Xu; Comparative Economic Studies, Vol. 51, 2009
Subjects: China--Economic aspects, Cities and towns--Economic aspects, Economic efficiency--Case studies, Economies of scale--Case studies, Industrial efficiency--Case studies, Labor productivity--Case studies
...Zhangjiajie <br/ Guangdong (11) Shaoguan, Zhuhai, Foshan, Zhanjiang, Maoming, Huizhou, Zhaoqing, Meizhou, Zhongshan, Dongguan, Shanwei...
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Vietnam's Objective in the South China Sea: National or Regional Security?
Journal article by Stein Tonnesson; Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 22, 2000
Subjects: China--International relations, International relations--Analysis, Military policy--Vietnam, National security--Analysis, South China Sea--Military aspects, Vietnam--International relations
...ports also play a significant role in regional trade. The region also includes important naval anch orages at Cam Ranh Bay, Zhanjiang, Yulin, and Kaoshiung. Subic Bay was a U.S. military base until the Americans left in 1992, and the Philippines has since...
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More Than Mere Words, Less Than Hard Law: a Rhetorical Analysis of China's Anti-corruption Policy
Journal article by Ting Gong; Public Administration Quarterly, Vol. 27, 2003
Subjects: Analysis, China, Corruption, Modernization, Public policy, Reforms, Rhetoric, Studies
...staggering amounts of money they involved and the large number of officials implicated. The collective smuggling cases of Zhanjiang City and Yuan Hua of Xiamen City and the stock fraud of Daqing Lianyi Perto-Chemical Corporation Limited belong in this category...


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magazine articles on: Zhanjiang  - 3 results

 
 
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The Continuing Crisis
Magazine article by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.; The American Spectator, Vol. 32, August 1999
...so many Chinese businessmen at the White House in 1996. The Zhanjiang Huattan Enterprises Company has just unveiled its "Couple...chair in Washington have not been announced, but certainly Zhanjiang Huattan ought to be able to sell a few to the Clinton Presidential...
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Naval Port Likely to Take in Commercial Ships
Magazine article; Business Asia, Vol. 7, July 19, 1999
Subjects: China--Harbors, ports, etc., Commercial policy--China, Marine cargo handling industry--Management, Ports--Management
...for civil use and international shipping. Since the 1980s, China has put into commercial use Dalian, Qingdao, Lianyungang, Zhanjiang and Ningbo ports. All these ports are now leading parts of the civil shipping system in China. "Huludao port cannot match...
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The Threat That Blows from China
Magazine article by Mark Helprin; National Review, March 20, 2000
Subjects: China--Economic aspects, Chinese foreign relations--United States, Economic development--China, Military policy--China, United States, United States foreign relations--China
...between 2012 and 2020 (coincident with the Chinese surge that I project). Thus it is significant that, whereas the naval port of Zhanjiang is 4,800 miles from Abu Dhabi, Norfolk is 8,200 miles via Suez and, in view of Chinese relations with states along the Red...


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newspaper articles on: Zhanjiang  - 3 results

 
 
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U.S. Presses China on Armed Submarine Encounter; Beijing Calls Craft's Presence near USS Kitty Hawk an Accident
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 11, 2007
Subjects: Submarine boats--Accidents, Submarine boats--Military aspects, Submarines--Accidents, Submarines--Military aspects
...known, the officials said. Defense officials familiar with reports of closed-door military meetings in Beijing, Shanghai and Zhanjiang privately doubted the Chinese explanations and said it is more likely the Song-class diesel electric submarine was practicing...
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Admiral Says Sub Risked a Shootout; Beijing Denies Awareness of It
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 15, 2006
...search-and-rescue exercise, but its a start .. ." The search-and-rescue exercise is to take place Sunday near the port of Zhanjiang, in southern China. U.S. officials who are skeptical of closer military contacts say China has used the exchanges in the past...
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Detained U.S. Military Aide to Be Sent Home from China: U.S. Mulls Retaliating for Air Force Colonel's Treatment
Newspaper article by Martin Sieff; The Washington Times, January 18, 1996
Subjects: China
...saying. Mr. Shen said that in a second incident on Jan. 11, the attaches were again spotted at a military airport outside Zhanjiang, a southern port city north of Hainan that serves as headquarters for Chinas South Sea Fleet. The fleet protects Chinas claim...


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encyclopedia articles on: Zhanjiang  - 7 results

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Zhanjiang
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ZHANJIANG or Chankiang both: jan-jyang, Cantonese Tsamkong, official Chinese name for the former French territory of Kwangchowan...China. It was leased from China in 1898 for 99 years but was returned in 1945. Its chief city, Fort-Bayard, was renamed Zhanjiang (1994 est. pop. 491,800) and since 1955 has been developed as a major seaport, servicing ships up to 10,000 tons, and...
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Chankiang
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CHANKIANG see Zhanjiang , China. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Tsamkong
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TSAMKONG see Zhanjiang , China. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Kwangchowan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KWANGCHOWAN see Zhanjiang , China. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Chan-Chiang
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CHAN-CHIANG see Zhanjiang , China. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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