Haidong

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 海東／海东 (Hǎidōng).

Proper noun

Haidong

1. A prefecture-level city in Qinghai, China.
   • 1979 July 25 [1979 July 22], “QINGHAI: XINING PLANS TO PUSH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China‎^[1], volume I, number 144, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Xining Qinghai Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, page T 1:

     [Excerpts] According to a report by this station's correspondent, all counties under Haidong Prefecture [a new prefecture in Qinghai Province] are striving to strengthen agriculture by mobilizing available manpower, material and financial resources.

   • 2008 [2002], Andrew M. Fischer, “44. Dalai and his followers claim that 7.5 million Han have been emigrated to Tibet, and that Tibetans have become a minority nationality in the region. Is that true?”, in Anne-Marie Blondeau, Katia Buffetrille, editors, Le Tibet est-il chinois? Résponses à cent questions chinoises [Authenticating Tibet: Answers to China's 100 Questions]‎^[2], University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 146:

     The exercise is complicated by the fact that populations in borderland areas are often mixed within a single county, although segregation might still remain very distinct. For instance, in Xunhua Salar Autonomous County of the Haidong District in Qinghai, the birthplace of the 10th Panchen Lama, Tibetans account for about one-fifth of the population. However, this Tibetan population remains very homogeneous in the higher-altitude townships of the county to this day, while Salar Muslims dominate the lower-altitude townships and towns, and this pattern of segregation pre-dates the twentieth century.

   • 2013 February 26, “Tibetan monks self-immolate in anti-China protest”, in AP News‎^[3], archived from the original on 27 May 2022‎^[4]:

     Authorities in Qinghai’s Haidong prefecture, where the second protest took place, either could not be reached or said they had no information on the case.

   • 2013 March 21, Edward Wong, “3 Tibetans Sentenced in Immolation Cases”, in The New York Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 March 2013, Asia Pacific‎^[6]:

     Three Tibetans from Qinghai Province have been given prison sentences for “inciting state secession,” according to a statement on an official provincial Web site. On Monday, a court in Haidong Prefecture sentenced the Tibetans — Kalsang Dhondup, Jigme Thabkey and Lobsang — to terms of six, five and four years, respectively.

   • 2016, Tsering Bum, Guardians of Nature: Tibetan Pastoralists and the Natural World‎^[7], →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 165:

     Tanwang did not need to worry about the collectors demanding money. That same day, I talked to a group of Mongour from Minhe County in Haidong Region. I asked them whether they would demand return of the permit fees.

Translations

prefecture-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海東／海东 (zh) (Hǎidōng)