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Guilin
[ gwee-lin ]
Guilin
/ ˈɡweɪˈlɪn /
noun
- a city in S China, in Guangxi on the Li River: noted for the unusual caves and formations of the surrounding karst scenery; trade and manufacturing centre. Pop: 631 000 (2005 est)
Example Sentences
Pristine rivers and the soaring karst peaks of Guilin and Yangshuo in the north draw more than a million Chinese tourists each year.
Wu Qian, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry, said Thursday in Beijing that the destroyer USS Ralph Johnson on Aug. 19 sailed too close to the PLA destroyer Guilin and the frigate Huangshan near the Paracels Islands.
But a review of the video, U.S. officials said, shows the American destroyer sailed a safe distance in front of the Guilin and passed about a mile away from the Huangshan.
China on Thursday also released video it said showed a close encounter between the Chinese navy and the USS Ralph Johnson, claiming the American destroyer harassed the navy’s latest-generation type 052 destroyer Guilin while it was undergoing routine training in the South China Sea on Aug. 19.
Authorities issued warnings of mountain torrents and geological disasters for the cities of Guilin, Laibin, Guigang and Wuzhou.
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