Shantou
Americannoun
noun
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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
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
He confirmed reports by the AsiaNews agency that the Vatican had asked 88-year-old Shantou Bishop Peter Zhuang Jianjian to resign in favor of Bishop Joseph Huang Bingzhang.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2018
Few who live in Shantou know it is there.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2012
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