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Tangshan

American  
[tahng-shahn] / ˈtɑŋˈʃɑn /
Or T'angshan

noun

Pinyin, Wade-Giles.
  1. a city in NE Hebei province, in NE China.


Tangshan British  
/ ˈtæŋˈʃæn /

noun

  1. an industrial city in NE China, in Hebei province: the 1976 earthquake, which killed an estimated 255 000 people, was the most lethal of the 20th century. Pop: 1 773 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In the city of Tangshan, in the country’s northeast, anyone buying a home had to hold the property for at least three and a half years.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2024

Authorities also said that the deputy chief of the Tangshan police had been removed and that five other police officials were being investigated over their handling of the attack.

From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2022

In the wake of the Tangshan attack, Weibo removed accounts that "incited gender confrontation".

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2022

The deputy chief of the Tangshan police Lubei branch, which was responsible for the initial handling of the case, has been removed from office, though the statement did not say why.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2022

As we hurried toward the delta region of the Lwan ho, and before reaching Tangshan, a more productive country was traversed.

From Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan by King, F. H. (Franklin Hiram)

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