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Harbin

American

[hahr-bin] / ˈhɑrˈbɪn /

noun

Pinyin.

a city in and the capital of Heilongjiang province, in northeastern China.

Harbin British

/ -ˈbɪn, hɑːˈbiːn /

noun

Also called: Ha-erh-pin. a city in NE China, capital of Heilongjiang province on the Songhua River: founded by the Russians in 1897; centre of tsarist activities after the October Revolution in Russia (1917). Pop: 2 989 000 (2005 est)

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In 2024 Giordano flew to Harbin, China—known for its ice festival—to collect a plane for a client who wanted its engines.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

That year, multiple episodes of prolonged haze shrouded Chinese cities, with one in October bringing northeastern Harbin to a standstill for days as PM2.5 levels hit 40 times the WHO's then-recommended standard.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

In a study published in Science Bulletin, scientists from Peking University Health Science Center and the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute uncovered a previously unknown route that helps viruses spread faster and more aggressively.

From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2026

In 2020, a Ghana Air Force Harbin Z-9 helicopter made an emergency landing near Tamale Airport, and last year, another Ghana Air Force helicopter made an emergency landing at Bonsukrom in Ghana's Western Region.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

Harbin is on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, and was the original hotbed of the disease.

From Peking Dust by La Motte, Ellen Newbold

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