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Sichuan

[ sich-wahn, sich-oo-ahn; Chinese -chwahn ]

noun

Pinyin.
  1. a province in southern central China. 219,691 sq. mi. (569,000 sq. km). : Chengdu.


Sichuan

/ ˈɪʃɑː /

noun

  1. a province of SW China: the most populous administrative division in the country, esp in the central Red Basin, where it is crossed by three main tributaries of the Yangtze. Capital: Chengdu. Pop: 81 000 000 (2003 est). Area: about 569 800 sq km (220 000 sq miles)
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The company has expanded quickly since it opened its first restaurant in Jianyang in Sichuan province.

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The protests, followed by the crackdown, took place in a territory home to Tibetans in Sichuan province.

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Sun responded with a short biography of the politician, noting that she immigrated to the U.S. from Chengdu — a city in Sichuan — in 1995.

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A kobuvirus that infected civets in the Huanan market was closely related to a virus detected in animals sold in Sichuan and Guangxi provinces, which are closer to the territory of horseshoe bats and pangolins.

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Some schools in eastern Jiangxi province and south-western Sichuan province postponed the start of the autumn semester, due to begin on 2 September, by a week.

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