Yongcheng

Proper noun

Yongcheng

1. A county-level city of Shangqiu, Henan, China, formerly a county.
   • May 13.—Serious threat to Chinese position in Hsuchow area eaused by Japanese advance towards Lunghai Railway from south. Japanese column which captured (May 11) Yungcheng, in southeast Honan, near Anhwei-Shantung border, is only 60 kilometers from Lunghai Railway, west of Hsuchow. Situation at...[1938 June 11, “Outstanding Events in the Sino-Japanese War”, in The China Weekly Review, volume 85, number 2, →OCLC, page 59, column 2
   • Communist Sun Chen-ching of the Chanyang commune at Yungcheng County in the central China province of Honan is an expert cotton grower who makes scientific experiments and is guided by the aim of growing cotton for the revolution.[1971 April 27 [1971 April 26], “Honan Presant Report Improves Cotton Growing in County”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 81, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from...