Gong'an
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See also: gongan
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 公安 (Gōng'ān).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gong'an
- A county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.
- , archived from the original on 08 April 2017, Lifestyle:
- Functionaries in Gongan county in rural Hubei province had been ordered to smoke at least 23,000 packs of cigarettes a year, worth nearly 4 million yuan ($586,700), to cushion government finances, according to regional media reports.]
- , →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 October 2011, Asia Pacific:
- Often, the skewering gets results. In April, one county in Hubei Province in central China drew nationwide ridicule after officials ordered civil servants and employees of state-owned companies to buy a total of 23,000 packs of the province’s brand of cigarettes every year. […]
County officials said the increased revenue from the cigarette tax would buoy the local economy. After several weeks of embarrassment, Gongan County officials posted a short message on the government’s Web site that read: “We have decided to remove this edict.”]
Translations
county in central China
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Gong’an”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1386, column 2