Wenzhou

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Etymology

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From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 溫州温州 (Wēnzhōu).

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Wenzhou

  1. A prefecture-level city in Zhejiang, in southeastern China.
    • 2016 December 26, Sui-Lee Wee, “China Reassures Homeowners Worried About Land Rights”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-12-26, Business‎[3]:
      The issue of land ownership rights came into focus in Wenzhou in April after the local government demanded that homeowners whose land-use rights had expired after 20 years pay fees of up to a third of the value of their homes before they could sell their apartments. The decision provoked protests from property owners in Wenzhou, a coastal city of eight million that was one of the first to set up private enterprise after the government opened up the economy in the late 1970s.
    • 2023 September 2, “Super typhoon Saola leaves trail of destruction in southern China”, in EFE[4], archived from the original on 28 December 2023:
      Saola is not the only storm threatening China this weekend, as Haikui, a second Pacific typhoon, is expected to make landfall on Sunday in eastern China, south of the city of Wenzhou, the US Embassy in Beijing said in a weather alert.

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References

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  1. ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China[1], Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 486:The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, [] Wen-chou (Wenzhou) 溫州

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