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Baoding

American  
[bou-ding] / ˈbaʊˈdɪŋ /
Or Paoting

noun

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


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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Chai Lihong, another passenger, was travelling to her son-in-law's home in Hebei's Baoding city.

From Barron's Mar. 4, 2026

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 Aug. 7, 2023

Baoding, a city of 12 million people in north-central China, had to suspend most bus service last week.

From New York Times Jul. 16, 2023

Zhang and her family in Baoding have joined those going south — prepared, once again, to accept the risk of getting infected on the way.

From Washington Post Jan. 27, 2023

Over two days, Associated Press journalists visited five hospitals and two crematoriums in towns and small cities in Baoding and Langfang prefectures, in central Hebei province.

From Washington Times Dec. 24, 2022

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