Shantou
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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In 2007, he took a job teaching journalism at China’s Shantou University.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2025
The typhoon is expected to make landfall on the border between the Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Fujian, near the city of Shantou, on Tuesday morning and weaken further, China's weather forecast centre said.
From Reuters • Sep. 4, 2023
Shantou Limei International Ltd., which makes children’s toys in the city of Shantou, expects sales to fall 30% this year because of delays and costlier shipping.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2021
Last month, a delegation from the Vatican traveled to China and met Bishop Peter Zhuang Jianjian, 88, who presides over the church in Shantou in the southern province of Guangdong.
From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2018
In 2007, after he finished his final reporting tour in Baghdad, he moved to China to take up a post as a journalism teacher at Shantou University.
From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2012
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