Hexi

• enPR: hŭʹshēʹ

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 河西 (Héxī).

Hexi

1. A district of Tianjin, China.
   • 2016 July 30, Mimi Lau, “Chinese police hold four wives of rights activists seized in ‘709 crackdown’”, in South China Morning Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 August 2016, China / Politics‎^[2]:

     The husbands were among hundreds of rights lawyers, aides and activists rounded up in what is commonly referred to as the 709 crackdown, referring to the date of July 9 last year, when the sweeping campaign was launched.
     Liu Ermin, wife of human rights activist Zhai Yanmin, and Wang Qiaoling, Li Wenzu and Fan Lili – the wives of lawyers Li Heping, Wang Quanzhang and activist Gou Hongguo – were taken away by Tianjin Hexi district police yesterday afternoon.

Hexi

1. Ellipsis of Hexi Corridor: A geographical region of relatively arable terrain in modern western Gansu Province, China, part of the Northern Silk Road running northwest from the bank of the Yellow River; consisting of a string of oases, it was the most important route from North China to the Tarim Basin and Central Asia for traders and the military.