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Harbin

American  
[hahr-bin] / ˈhɑrˈbɪn /

noun

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


Harbin British  
/ hɑːˈbiːn, -ˈbɪn /

noun

  1. 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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Ma spent his early career in academia, rising to vice president at the Harbin Institute of Technology before entering the aerospace industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 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

Junhui Huang, a chemist at the Harbin Institute of Technology and the paper’s first author, says the team is working with a Chinese wastewater cleanup company to commercialize the new technology.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 4, 2024

Now he has gone way up north of Harbin.

From The Lady and Sada San A Sequel to the Lady of the Decoration by Frances Little

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