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Ordos

American  
[awr-dos] / ˈɔr dɒs /

noun

  1. a desert plateau in the southern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in northern China. About 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km).


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The facility in Ordos will become Inner Mongolia's first whisky distillery when it opens, probably at the end of this year.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2021

Their feedback loop goes way back: Ma’s wavy Ordos Museum in China’s Inner Mongolia was the reason Lucas put him on his museum shortlist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2020

Malaysia’s Forest City had its price initially pegged at $100bn, while Ordos Kangbashi cost a hulking $161bn.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 10, 2019

After a visit to Ordos or Sanya, it is tempting to agree with Mr Chanos that China has overinvested from its northern steppe to its southern shores.

From Economist ● May 24, 2012

Great areas of the Ordos region, now dry steppe, were traversed in that epoch by small rivers and lakes beside which men could live.

From A History of China by Wolfram Eberhard

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