Nanshan

Proper noun

Nanshan

1. A district of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, across Deep Bay from Hong Kong.
   • In the election on May 9, Chen Huibin won, but the other candidate, Wu Haining, cried foul. As Chen was preparing for a five-year term as the local delegate, starting with the fourth Nanshan District People’s Congress held on May 27, Wu claimed the election was fraudulent and reported it to the...2003 June 13, Ivy Zhang, “Was the Right Person Elected?”, in Beijing Today, number 108, →OCLC, page 8, column 1
   • Shenzhen’s Nanshan District is scattered with state-of-the-art high-rises, impressive corporate headquarters, government buildings, five-star hotels, and fancy shopping malls.2012, Behzad Yaghmaian, The Accidental Capitalist: A People's Story of the New China, Pluto Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 160
2. A district of Hegang, Heilongjiang, China.
   • The modern industrial zone is located in the northeast of the Hegang coal mining area, including Xinlu West, Yixin West and Nanshan West, with a planned area of 13 km2. The administrative area is mainly affiliated to the northeastern part of Xingshan District of Hegang City, the southeast of...2019, Yun Jiang, Yanjun Li, Guanzhuang Zhang, “The Influence and Integrated Governance Planning of Coal Mining Subsidence Areas in Hegang City”, in IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science...
3. An island in the Spratly archipelago of the Philippines.
   • Brawner said that the government hoped to install desalination machines and communications equipment on Thitu Island and Nanshan Island. Thitu, known to Manila as Pag-asa, is the largest Philippine-occupied feature in the South China Sea, boasting an airstrip and landing dock, and supporting a...2024 January 16, Sebastian Strangio, “Philippines to Upgrade South China Sea Outposts, Military Chief Says”, in The Diplomat, archived from the original on 16 Jan 2024, ASEAN Beat
   • The Philippine Congress has earmarked 800 million pesos (US$14.3 million) for the transportation department to build a port facility on Nanshan Island (馬歡島) where boats, including those for fishing, could seek shelter.2024 January 16, “Philippines plans to upgrade outposts in South China Sea”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2024, Front Page, page 1
4. A dormant volcano in northeastern China's Keluo volcanic field.
5. (uncommon) An alternative term for the Qilian Mountains between Gansu and Qinghai in western China, from their position south of the Hexi Corridor.