Shenyang

American

[shuhn-yahng] / ˈʃʌnˈyɑŋ /

noun

Pinyin, Wade-Giles.

a city in and the capital of Liaoning province, in northeastern China: cultural capital of Manchuria; battle 1905.

Shenyang British

/ ˈʃɛnˈjæŋ /

noun

Former name: Mukden. a walled city in NE China in S Manchuria, capital of Liaoning province: capital of the Manchu dynasty from 1644–1912; seized by the Japanese in 1931. Pop: 4 916 000 (2005 est)

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Shenyang, a city northeast of Beijing, offers 500 yuan a month to local families with a third child under three.

From BBC

As soon as Su Min started driving, she felt freer, she told the BBC over the phone from Shenyang – just before she headed south for winter in her new SUV with a caravan.

From BBC

Vast swathes of farmland and mined hills surround the main city of Shenyang.

From BBC

His parents, proud workers at a tractor factory in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang, stopped going to work, and the family moved into an empty factory storage room to save money on rent.

From New York Times

King then flew from there to Shenyang, China, then on to Osan Air Force Base in South Korea, before continuing his voyage back to the United States.

From Reuters

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