Cangzhou
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See also: Cāngzhōu
English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 滄州／沧州 (Cāngzhōu).
Proper noun
Cangzhou
- A prefecture-level city in Hebei, China.
- 2013 October 29, Yu Hua, “Jokes, Lies and Pollution in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on November 04, 2013, Opinion:
- Hebei Province, which surrounds Beijing, is China’s top steel-producing province. Steel plants play a big role in air and water pollution, but the city of Cangzhou’s answer to the problem is an anti-smoking campaign.
A Hebei official newspaper, Yanzhao Dushi Bao, reported in July that local officials in Cangzhou held a public meeting pledging their commitment to the anti-smoking cause. With smoke billowing from the chimneys of factories in the distance, officials promoted the slogan: “Curbing air pollution starts with me!”