Jiangbei

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See also: jiǎngbēi and Jiāngběi

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江北 (Jiāngběi).

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Jiangbei

  1. A district of Chongqing, China.
    • , volume 85, number 3, →OCLC, page 84, column 2:
      Eight areas had been set aside, he said, for the reception of these refugees in Chungking and Chiangpei, a neighboring town actoss the Kialiang River, a tributary of the Yangtse.]
    • , York, England: William Sessions Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 26:
      In 1891 she had an urgent message from the chief magistrate in the city of Chiangpei, opposite Chungking at the mouth of the Chialing river. His wife was seriously ill, but he would only allow a woman to help. The city gates were kept open late for her, a special four-bearer chair, with runners ahead to clear the way, swept her through the streets; but it was too late, and although the magistrate was persuaded to let a fully qualified male doctor come, his wife died, and the already strong anti-foreign feeling in Chiangpei was strengthened by the belief that the foreign medicines had killed her.]
    • 2008 November 3, Beijing newsroom, “China city's stressed-out cabbies go on strike”, in Nick Macfie, Paul Tait, editors, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 09 March 2023, Lifestyle‎:
      Cab drivers in Chongqing, China’s fourth-largest city, staged a rare strike Monday in protest against a series of gripes ranging from the scarcity of fuel to heavy traffic fines, Xinhua news agency said.
      Three police cars and more than a dozen other vehicles were smashed by a crowd of about 100 people in the city’s Jiangbei district, the agency said.
    • 2016, Jiang Ping, “Dilemma and Breakthrough for China's Rule of Law: Reflection on Several Issues About the Legal System Construction of China”, in Jian Ping, editor, Dreams And Reality: New Era Of China's Reform‎, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 166:
      On April 2, 2010, the People's Procuratorate of Jiangbei District, Chongqing, initiated a public prosecution of Li Zhuang to the People's Court of Jiangbei District, Chongqing, for the alleged crime of impairing testimony as defender. On April 28, 2011, the People's Court of Jiangbei District, Chongqing decided not to sue Li Zhuang and announced the decision to Li Zhuang.

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