Lianjiang
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Definitions
- 1 A county of Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
"In Lianjiang, for example, teams of women apparently used collective funds to organize "large-scale play companies" and buy "ancient-style opera costumes. They have even taken young people to study acting. Some teams, in order to maintain play companies, have even asked counter-revolutionaries to direct them. Others have hired play companies from distant places and have continually put on performances.""
- 2 A county-level city of Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.
"The reserve project, located in Lianjiang county of Zhanjiang city is expected to start operating in early 2018, the sources said, nearly two years behind an earlier timeline estimated by market analysts."
- 3 A town in Dingyuan, Chuzhou, Anhui, China.
- 4 Alternative form of Lienchiang: a county of Fujian, Taiwan; administrative name for the Matsu Islands. alt-of, alternative
"With the promulgation of the Statue^([sic – meaning Statute]) for the Security and Guidance of Quemoy, Matsu, and the Pratas and Spratly Areas on August 7, 1992, the villagers in Jinmen and Lianjiang (Lienchiang, i.e. Matsu) counties held their first elections in November 1993 respectively to have their county magistrates locally elected."
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More examples"In Lianjiang, for example, teams of women apparently used collective funds to organize "large-scale play companies" and buy "ancient-style opera costumes. They have even taken young people to study acting. Some teams, in order to maintain play companies, have even asked counter-revolutionaries to direct them. Others have hired play companies from distant places and have continually put on performances.""
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 連江/连江 (Liánjiāng).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 廉江 (Liánjiāng).
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