Heixiazi

Proper noun

Heixiazi

1. Synonym of Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island: An island at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri rivers divided between Heixiazidao, Fuyuan, Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, China and Khabarovsky district, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia; the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • China has agreed to study a Soviet proposal for joint development of some islands in the Amur River, the site of fierce armed conflicts over sovereignty between the two countries since the early 1960s, according to authoritative Chinese and Eastern bloc diplomatic sources here.[…]
     The proposed...1986 October 6 [1986 October 4], “Sources Say PRC Studying USSR Border Proposal”, in Daily Report: China, volume I, number 193, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Tokyo KYODO, →ISSN...
   • The major obstacle to a border settlement is the status of Heixiazi, a 330-square kilometer island at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri rivers. The island is claimed by the Chinese but controlled by the USSR. Because Heixiazi overlooks Khabarovsk as well as the point where the Trans-Siberian...1991, Donald S. Zagoria, “The Changing Role of the Soviet Union in the Pacific”, in Frederic J. Fleron, Jr., Erik P. Hoffmann, Robbin F. Laird, editors, Contemporary Issues in Soviet Foreign Policy...

   Synonyms:

   Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island