Beichen
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English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 北辰 (Běichén).
Proper noun
Beichen
- A district of Tianjin, China.
- 2012 March 19, Zhou Xin, Nick Edwards, “China audit details fraud, waste at Beijing-Shanghai railway”, in Michael Perry, editor, Reuters, sourced from BEIJING (Reuters), archived from the original on July 04, 2024, World:
- The new report said 413 million yuan spent on train windshields was wasted when design specifications were changed in March 2011, three months before the line opened. […]
It found that Beichen district government in Tianjin had 340 million yuan in its own accounts instead of being paid promptly in compensation for land procured for the railway.
- 2015 October 12, Michael Forsythe, “China: Fire Strikes Tianjin, 2 Months After Fatal Blast”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 October 2015, Asia Pacific:
- Monday’s fire occurred in the Beichen district, an area far closer to the urban core of Tianjin.