Shangqiu

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Etymology[edit]

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 商丘／商邱 (Shāngqiū).

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Shangqiu

  1. A prefecture-level city in Henan, China.
    • 2010 May 12, Edward Wong, “China: Confession Obtained by Torture”, in The New York Times‎[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2010-05-16, Asia Pacific‎[3]:
      Officials in the city of Shangqiu in Henan Province have admitted that police officers tortured a man to get him to falsely confess to a murder that he did not commit, official Chinese news organizations reported Wednesday.

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  1. ^ Shabad, Theodore (1972) “Index”, in China's Changing Map‎[1], New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 345, 361:
    Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles: […] (1) the Post Office system, […] (2) the Wade-Giles system, […] shown after the main entry […] (3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parentheses […] Shangkiu (Shang-ch'iu, Shangqiu)

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