Gongqingcheng

See also: Gòngqīngchéng

English

Alternative forms

• Kung-ch'ing-ch'eng (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 共青城 (Gòngqīngchéng, literally “China Youth League City”).

Proper noun

Gongqingcheng

1. A sub-prefectural city in Jiangxi, China, formerly administered by Jiujiang City.
   • 2010, Bruce Gilley, “Deng Xiaoping and His Successors (1976 to the present)”, in William A. Joseph, editor, Politics in China: An Introduction‎^[1], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 114:

     Hu Yaobang was officially rehabilitated on the ninetieth anniversary of his birth in 2005 and his mausoleum in China Youth League City (Gongqingcheng) in Jiangxi province was spruced up.

   • 2013 April 16, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “Cautious Call for Political Reform in China”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 March 2023‎^[3]:

     At Mr. Hu’s grave in Gongqingcheng in Jiangxi province, about a thousand mourners paid their respects Monday morning alone, said a tour guide, Tong Lihong, according to the China News Service.

   • 2019 April 15, Guo Rui, “Communist Party reformer Hu Yaobang remembered in low-key ceremony”, in South China Morning Post‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 April 2019, Politics‎^[5]:

     While there were no official commemorative events for the icon of political reform, whose death sparked the 1989 pro-democracy movement and subsequent military crackdown, the anniversary was marked in a memorial in Gongqingcheng, Jiangxi province.

Translations

sub-prefecture-level city in Jiangxi

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 共青城 (gung⁶ cing¹ sing⁴)

  Mandarin: 共青城 (zh) (Gòngqīngchéng)