Shangqiu

Or Shang·chiu,

[shahng-chyy]

noun

Pinyin.

1. a city in E Henan province, in E China.

Example Sentences

In 2015, when Shangqiu, a municipality in central China about the size of Kentucky, laid out a plan for the next two decades, it positioned itself as a transportation hub with a sprawling network of railways, highways and river shipping routes.

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By 2025, Shangqiu expects the coverage of its highway network to have increased by 87 percent.

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Put another way: Shangqiu used more than a third of its tax revenue to pay interest on its debt.

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On Feb. 23, the Shangqiu Communist Party secretary reiterated the city’s vision as a logistics power when celebrating a new partnership with a state-owned investment firm, which could help Shangqiu borrow money for even more projects.

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The pandemic had hit it hard, the company said, and the Shangqiu government hadn’t provided subsidies that it had promised.

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