Zhenbao

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See also: zhēnbǎo

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 珍寶珍宝 (Zhēnbǎo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʒɛn.baʊ/, /zɛn-/, /dʒən-/, enPR: jǔnʹbouʹ

Proper noun

Zhenbao

  1. Ellipsis of Zhenbao Island.
    • 2011, Henry Kissinger, On China, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 217:
      As it turned out, the analysis of the immediate causes of the clashes was mistaken, at least regarding the Zhenbao incident. It was a case of mistaken analysis leading to a correct judgment. Recent historical studies have revealed that the Zhenbao incident had in fact been initiated by the Chinese as Dobrynin claimed; they had laid a trap in which a Soviet border patrol suffered heavy casualties.
    • 2013, V. K. Singh, Courage and Conviction: An Autobiography, Aleph Book Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 158:
      Despite many rounds of talks, a solution to the problem does not seem imminent. On the contrary, China has had a tendency to subtly and surreptitiously move into unclaimed areas; these tactics were first evident during the Zhenbao incident and have also been a regular feature in both the Western (Ladakh and Lahaul Spiti) and Eastern (Arunachal and Sikkim) sectors.
    • 2019 December 7, “Tense times recalled”, in The Economist, volume 433, number 9172, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 42:
      In recent years sites that recall those nail-biting days of Sino-Soviet hostility have become tourist attractions. Zhenbao is under military administration, so tourists are sometimes barred from the island itself (foreigners all the more so). But Chinese visitors can pay to be whizzed around it on motorboats. "Fifty years ago, Zhenbao island was a global centre of attention,” says an elderly tourist from the southern city of Guangzhou. He says he wanted to visit because the fighting in 1969 was "China’s first victory over the Soviet Union”.

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