Tienchiang

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Tienchiang

  1. Alternative form of Dianjiang
    • 1920, R. O. Jolliffe, “The Field”, in Our West China Mission: Being a Somewhat Extensive Summary by the Missionaries on the Field of the Work during the First Twenty-five Years of the Canadian Methodist Mission in the Province of Szechwan, Western China[1], Toronto: Missionary Society of the Methodist Church, →OCLC, page 109:
      Roughly speaking, the Chungchow District comprises the three counties of Chungchow, Fengtu and Shihchu. A corner of the Tienchiang county belongs to our Mission, and also a large section of country forming the south-eastern portion of Szechwan province.
    • 1977 May 3 [1977 April 30], “With the Gang of Four Toppled, the Backward Can Advance”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China[2], volume I, number 85, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Chengtu Szechwan Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China Southwest Region, page J 4[3]:
      In Tienchiang County, which suffered rather greatly from the interference and sabotage of the gang of four, the party committees at all levels were formerly paralyzed and nobody bothered about revolution or production.