Changde

American

[chahng-dœ] / ˈtʃɑŋˈdœ /

(Older Spelling) Changteh

noun

Pinyin.

a city in northern Hunan province, in eastern China.

Changde British

/ ˈtʃæŋˈdeɪ /

noun

a port in SE central China, in N Hunan province, near the mouth of the Yuan River: severely damaged by the Japanese in World War II. Pop: 1 483 000 (2005 est)

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Three other tourists who traveled to Zhangjiajie have been linked to an outbreak in the central city of Changde, after they all took a river cruise.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2021

Chicago architectural firm UrbanLab was commissioned to design the masterplan for Yangming Archipelago in Hunan province: a new centre within the larger city of Changde, devised as a “new model for the future”.

From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2017

HOT PAGES: A firefighter worked to extinguish a fire Sunday at a paper factory in Changde, China's Hunan province.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2014

Earlier this year, the paper published the shocking story of Duan Yuanlai, former director of the Changde City Tobacco Plant.

From Time Magazine Archive

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