Baoding

American  

[bou-ding] / ˈbaʊˈdɪŋ /

Or Paoting

noun

Pinyin.

1. a city in central Hebei province, in northeastern China.

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Baoding British  

/ ˈbaʊˈdɪŋ /

noun

1. Former name: Ch'ing-yüan.   Tsingyuan.  a city in NE China, in N Hebei province. Pop: 810 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Reuters tried to contact the local governments of Zhuozhou and the larger Baoding area, but repeated calls were not answered.

From Reuters

Many residents believe that the floods were worsened by a government decision on July 31 to divert floodwaters from Baoding's overflowing reservoirs to so-called flood storage areas, two of which were in Zhuozhou.

From Reuters

Baoding prefecture, which administers Zhuozhou, said hundreds of bridges and hundreds of kilometres of rural roads had been water-damaged, with direct economic losses reaching nearly 17 billion yuan as of Saturday.

From Reuters

Over a span of one week from late July, the region with a population totalling 110 million experienced its most serious flooding in six decades, with Hebei, particularly Baoding prefecture, the worst hit.

From Reuters

On July 31, Hebei province opened seven of its 13 designated flood storage areas, including two in the city of Zhuozhou in Baoding south of Beijing and north of Xiongan, a zone President Xi Jinping aims to develop into an economic powerhouse serving Hebei, Beijing and Tianjin.

From Reuters