Shihezi

See also: Shíhézǐ

English

Alternative forms

• Shih-ho-tzu (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 石河子 (Shíhézǐ, literally “stone river”).

Proper noun

Shihezi

1. A county-level city in northern Xinjiang, China.
   • [1969 August, Chien Yu-shen, “Wuhan Upheaval and After”, in China's Fading Revolution: Army Dissent and Military Divisions, 1967-68‎^[2], Hong Kong: Centre of Contemporary Chinese Studies, →OCLC, page 19:

     The same day, violent clashes erupted in many parts of Sinkiang, such as Shihhotzu where fighting was particularly serious. Army-backed factions controlled the roads linking Shihhotzu and Urumchi and telephone communications were cut.]

   • 2007, James A. Millward, Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang‎^[3], London: Hurst & Company, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 366:

     But most Bingtuan new cities were like Shihezi: company towns populated mainly by Han and independent of the Xinjiang authorities, answering only to the Party.

   • 2016 December 1, Edward Wong, “Police Confiscate Passports in Parts of Xinjiang, in Western China”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-12-01, Asia Pacific‎^[5]:

     In October, the Police Department of the town of Shihezi, in northern Xinjiang, posted a notice on a microblog saying that all residents would have to hand in their passports for an annual review. The notice was later deleted, but screen captures of it remain online.
     Shihezi was founded decades ago as an agricultural settlement and garrison, known as a bingtuan. The bingtuan system is widespread across Xinjiang and is operated by the powerful Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, a central-government agency with military ties. Like other bingtuan, Shihezi has a mostly Han population.

Translations

city in Xinjiang, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 石河子 (zh) (Shíhézǐ)

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• Uyghur: شىخەنزە (shixenze)