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Chengdu

American  
[chœng-dy] / ˈtʃœŋˈdü /
Older Spelling, Chengtu

noun

Pinyin.
  1. a city in and the capital of Sichuan province, in central China.


Chengdu British  
/ ˈtʃɛŋˈtuː /

noun

  1. a city in S central China, capital of Sichuan province. Pop: 3 478 000 (2005 est)

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Another firm in Chengdu declined to specify which authority the instruction came from, and promptly ended the call.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

Southwestern Chengdu also last month promised subsidies of up to 20,000 yuan for graduates to establish AI-driven one-person firms.

From Barron's Apr. 22, 2026

Researchers from the Chengdu Institute of Biology and the Giant Panda National Park made the discovery while studying wildlife in the West China Rain Zone.

From Science Daily Apr. 22, 2026

“I run a small logistics route, and business is still OK, but everything feels uncertain,” said Zhang Wei, a 41-year-old delivery contractor in Chengdu.

From MarketWatch Mar. 18, 2026

Shin started to look for work when he arrived in Chengdu, a destination he had picked randomly at the bus station in Beijing.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

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