Huairou

See also: huáiróu

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 懷柔／怀柔 (Huáiróu).

Proper noun

Huairou

1. A district of Beijing, China.
   • [1965 March 26 [1965 March 25], “Government Workers Leave for Farm Areas”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts‎^[1], number 58, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA International Service, →OCLC, page CCC 3:

     A number of leading members of the Peking municipal government have been helping with drawing up plans. They carried out an investigation in Huaijou county and listed six types of farming areas. Their analysis has helped the local communes to improve their plans for bigger harvests in line with the specific local conditions.]

   • [1971, Richard Baum, “The Cultural Revolution in the Countryside: Anatomy of a Limited Rebellion”, in Thomas W. Robinson, editor, The Cultural Revolution in China‎^[2], University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 440:

     The first county-level "front-line command" was reportedly established in Huaijou county, Peking, in February 1967.]

   • [1990, Arthur Waldron, The Great Wall of China: From History to Myth‎^[3], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 236:

     Recent reports attribute the first walls in the Mu-t’ien-yü valley in Huai-jou county near Peking to the Northern Sung.]

   • 2014 November 12, Calum MacLeod, “As with 2008 Olympics, China spends big to look good”, in USA Today‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 November 2014‎^[5]:

     The greatest impact, good and bad, fell on the city's northeast suburbs, 60-plus minutes from the downtown Huairou district, a key APEC venue. Obama and other VIPs spent just seven hours there Tuesday, but Huairou went to town as perhaps only China can. The district spent about $4.9 billion preparing for APEC, according to state media including the Beijing Youth Daily and China Daily newspapers.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 懷柔／怀柔 (zh) (Huáiróu)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Huairou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1320, column 3