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Haifeng

Syllables: Hai·feng

Haifeng proper noun: a county of Shanwei, Guangdong, China.

Proper noun

Haifeng

  1. A county of Shanwei, Guangdong, China.
    • On 2 January 1963, he secretly made his way to Haifeng County, Kwangtung, with a view to proceeding to Houmen and Swabue to carry out demolition activities. He was discovered by the local militiamen who reported him to the public security authorities, and was arrested.1963 January 14 [1963 January 12], “U.S.-Chiang Kai-shek Agents Sentenced”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts, number 9, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA...
    • The special group of Red Guards with strong group consciousness and collective grievances were offspring of regional cadres who were the subject of discrimination and suppression imposed by national leaders and their policy of breaking regionalism. Grievances of this kind have been strong in...1976, Alan P. L. Liu, Political Culture & Group Conflict in Communist China, Clio Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 68
    Synonyms:
    Hoifung

Examples of Haifeng in a sentence

  • In Haifeng county, for example, the first group of Red Guards was composed of the children of cadres punished by the national leaders in past "anti-provincialism" campaigns.1976, Alan P. L. Liu, Political Culture & Group Conflict in Communist China, Clio Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 68:
  • Kwangtung produced her own fair share of militarists, including the first Kuomintang governor of the province, Ch’en Chiung-ming of Haifeng county, Wei Pang-p’ing, and Hsu Ch’ung-chih.1977, Roy Hofheinz, Jr., The Broken Wave: The Chinese Communist Peasant Movement, 1922-1928, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England...

Synonyms of Haifeng

Forms of Haifeng

alternative formHai-feng

Origin of Haifeng

From Mandarin 海豐/海丰 (Hǎifēng).

Questions about Haifeng

What does Haifeng mean?
Haifeng means a county of Shanwei, Guangdong, China.
How do you use Haifeng in a sentence?
In Haifeng county, for example, the first group of Red Guards was composed of the children of cadres punished by the national leaders in past "anti-provincialism" campaigns.
What part of speech is Haifeng?
Haifeng is a proper noun.

Words near Haifeng in the dictionary

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  2. Haidée
  3. Haietlik
  4. Haifa
  5. Haifan
  6. Haifeng
  7. Haig
  8. Haigang
  9. Haigazian
  10. Haigazians
  11. haigerachite

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