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Nan Shan

British  
/ ˈnæn ˈʃæn /

plural noun

  1. a mountain range in N central China, mainly in Qinghai province, with peaks over 6000 m (20 000 ft)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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AIG's Nan Shan unit by comparison has 4 million policyholders, or one sixth of Taiwan's population.

From Reuters Mar. 28, 2011

Regulators have left it up to AIG to decide what it wants to do with Nan Shan and are waiting for AIG to come up with a preferred bidder.

From Reuters Jan. 4, 2011

In September, the insurer agreed to sell two Japanese units for $4.8 billion, and Benmosche is seeking a buyer for Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. of Taiwan.

From BusinessWeek Dec. 30, 2010

Should regulators balk, AIG could look at taking Nan Shan public.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2010

With this he identified the snowy range of mountains now towering on our left as the Nan Shan, northernmost bastion of Tibet.

From The Image and the Likeness by John Scott Campbell

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