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Datong

American  
[dah-tawng] / ˈdɑˈtɔŋ /
(Wade-Giles) Tatung

noun

Pinyin.
  1. a city in northern Shanxi province, in northeastern China.


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In March, she travelled to Datong, an industrial coal-mining hub in northern China, to offer counseling.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2022

Datong, which recorded 288 cases from Oct. 27-30, has enforced stricter isolation and management of hotels, key industries and its railway.

From Reuters • Oct. 31, 2022

“When his father is sentenced as a counter-revolutionary, he must present himself as even more communist and even more revolutionary than the others if he wants to survive,” says Chinese journalist Li Datong.

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2022

Emergency authorities described the flash flooding in Qinghai’s Datong county as a “mountain torrent.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 18, 2022

After she gets out, Qiao realises Bin has moved away from Datong and abandoned her, and she tries to confront him.

From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2019