Chung-nan-hai

Proper noun

Zhongnanhai

1. An area and building in Xicheng district, Beijing, China, which houses the government leaders of the People's Republic of China.
   • A second tear-gas attack, combined with a violent nightstick attack on demonstrators, occurred about an hour later in front of the Communist Party headquarters at Zhongnanhai.1989 June 4, Daniel Southerl, “TROOPS ROLL THROUGH BEIJING TO CRUSH PROTESTERS”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2023
2. (metonymically) The government of the People's Republic of China; the central leadership of the Chinese Communist Party.
   • Today, many people can already travel to the Chinese mainland, to Shanghai or Beijing, and talk with the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party about cross-strait relations. Why is it that we have no way to shake hands at home, to meet with each other to discuss national affairs, to form a...2000 September 6, Chen Shui-bian, “President Chen Shui-bian's Third Press Conference (excerpt: cross-strait relations)”, in Mainland Affairs Council, archived from the original on 03 Sep 2019...

   Synonyms:

   Beijing