Haidian

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 海淀 (Hǎidiàn).

• enPR: hīʹtyěnʹ

Haidian

1. A former town (demolished in 2000) near the south of Old Summer Palace in China.
   • [1949 February 5 [1948 December 16], Samuel Moffett, “Behind the Curtain: Reds Occupy Yenching”, in Presbyterian Life‎^[1], volume 2, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14, column 3:

     We woke up this morning to find ourselves in Communist territory. Advance Red units pushed past Yenching last night and occupied Haitien, the village just south of us on the road to Peiping.]

2. A district of Beijing, China, named after the forementioned town inside.
   • [1972, William Hinton, “People Set Aside”, in Hundred Day War: The Cultural Revolution at Tsinghua University‎^[2], New York and London: Modern Review Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 188:

     They planned a large rally for July 26 at Chungkuantsun, a crossroads in the Haitien district, but Peking University students under the direction of Nieh Yuan-tzu blocked the streets with stalled buses and trucks.]

   • 2021 November 11, “Coronavirus digest: Germany reports new record-high case numbers”, in Deutsche Welle‎^[3], archived from the original on 12 November 2021‎^[4]:

     Six new cases were found in Beijing's central districts of Chaoyang and Haidian. China is seeing a spike in cases due to domestic travel in the past month.

   • 2022 October 14, Daisuke Wakabayashi, Claire Fu, “China’s Internet Censors Race to Quell Beijing Protest Chatter”, in The New York Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 October 2022, Asia Pacific‎^[6]:

     When a column of smoke appeared on Thursday over the Sitong Bridge overpass in the Haidian district of Beijing, it drew attention to a protester who had hung banners openly bashing China’s top leader by name and criticizing the country’s “zero Covid” policy, including one calling for “freedom and not lockdowns.” […]
     Chinese censors have restricted searches about the episode on Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter, blocking certain hashtags, including “Beijing,” “Sitong Bridge” and “Haidian.”

   • 2025 February 1, “Tradition and technology sync at China 'AI temple fair'”, in France 24‎^[7], sourced from Beijing (AFP), archived from the original on 01 March 2025, Live News‎^[8]:

     Billed as an "AI temple fair", the event in Beijing's well-heeled Haidian district is a chance for local technology firms to display their products to the public.

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Haidian”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[9], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1213, column 3