Fuping
English
Alternative forms
- Fu-p'ing (Wade–Giles)
Pronunciation
- enPR: fo͞oʹpǐngʹ[1]
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Fuping
- A county of Baoding, Hebei, China.
- 2013 January 26, Andrew Jacobs, “Leader’s Visit Lifts a Village, Yet Lays Bare China’s Woes”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 January 2013, Asia Pacific, page 1[3]:
- Indeed, given China’s rampant corruption, another big question surrounding the antipoverty campaign, announced a few days after Mr. Xi’s visit, is how much of the additional $40 million that provincial authorities will funnel to Luotuowan and other villages in the surrounding county of Fuping next year will actually reach those in need.
Translations
county
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fuping”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[4], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1296, column 2
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Fuping
- A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China.
- 1976, John Israel, Donald W. Klein, Rebels and Bureaucrats: China's December 9ers[5], University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 135:
- Under an invitation from Kuan and Second Front Army Commander Ho Lung, the two young men visited troops at Chuangli, Fuping, on their way home.
- 2014 January 14, Michael Martina, “China doctor gets suspended death sentence for trafficking newborn babies”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters[6], archived from the original on 31 May 2024, World:
- Zhang Shuxia, 55, an obstetrician in north-western Shaanxi province's Fuping county, was found guilty of selling the babies for as much as 21,600 yuan $3,600 (2,195 pounds) each between 2011 and 2013, the court in Weinan city said.
Translations
county
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fuping”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[7], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1296, column 2
References
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Fuping or Fu-p’ing”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 651, column 2