Huai'an

Proper noun

Huai'an

1. A prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu, in eastern China.
   • In 486 B.C., King Fu Chai of Wu, in an attempt to seek supremacy in the north, constructed the Han Canal from Jiangdu to Huai'an, both in modern Jiangsu Province, so that the Huaihe River was linked with the Changjiang River.1982, Bai Shouyi (白寿彝), editor, 中国通史纲要 [An Outline History of China] (China Knowledge Series), Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, page 103
   • Three have died in the last month, said the Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, a Hong Kong-based watchdog group. They include Zhang Zhenggang, 36, a bank clerk from Huaian in Jiangsu Province, who the center said was beaten with wooden clubs on March 25 and lapsed into a coma.[2000 April 21, Elisabeth Rosenthal, “China Admits Banned Sect Is Continuing Its Protests”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2022, International