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Shaanxi

[ shahn-shee ]

noun

Pinyin.
  1. a province in northern central China. 75,598 sq. mi. (195,799 sq. km). : Xian.


Shaanxi

/ ˈʃæˈʃː /

noun

  1. a province of NW China: one of the earliest centres of Chinese civilization; largely mountainous. Capital: Xi'an. Pop: 36 900 000 (2003 est). Area: 195 800 sq km (75 598 sq miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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In the videos shared on social media, protesters can be seen hurling objects at police and officers beating some demonstrators in Pucheng in Shaanxi province.

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Their new home, the newly expanded “Panda Ridge” at the San Diego Zoo, has been designed to reflect the sweeping mountains, canyons and cliffs of China’s Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi provinces.

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The bridge over a river in Shaanxi province's Shangluo city collapsed on Friday night due to a sudden downpour and flash floods, the provincial authority said.

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State media reported at least five people died and eight were missing after the rains sparked flooding and mudslides in Shaanxi's Baoji city.

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Cui Xiuwen has come from northwest China's Shaanxi province in the hope of just a glimpse of Taiwan.

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