Chuxiong

Proper noun

Chuxiong

1. A Yi autonomous prefecture of Yunnan, China.
   • Last March, an ideological worker in Yunnan's Chuxiong prefecture complained in a letter to the newspaper in Kunming that "some parents are greedy and sell their daughters as if they were commodities" and some married women abandoned their husbands and children "to seek ease and comfort and to get...1983 January 6 [1983 January 5], Christopher S. Wren, “CHINA STILL FIGHTING AN OLD ABUSE: WOMEN FOR SALE”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, Section A...
   • Wen Xueping, a family planning official in Yunnan’s Chuxiong prefecture, said the couple will not be forced to abort the baby but have been warned of the consequences of having it. Couples who violate the child policy face hefty fines and — if they have government jobs — face being sacked.2015 September 7, Didi Tang, “Chinese woman must choose between 2nd child, husband’s job”, in AP News, sourced from BEIJING (AP), archived from the original on 28 Jun 2025