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Tianjin

Chinese Tien·tsin

[tyahn-jin]

noun

Pinyin.
  1. a port in eastern Hebei province, in northeastern China.



Tianjin

/ ˈtjɛnˈdʒɪn /

noun

  1. an industrial city in NE China, capital of Tianjin municipality (traditionally in Hebei province), on the Grand Canal, 51 km (32 miles) from the Yellow Sea: the third largest city in China; seat of Nankai University (1919). Pop: 9 346 000 (2005 est)

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Others are uncertain about whether the Tianjin summit represented a fundamental realignment in the global order.

From Salon

The SCO summit in Tianjin has allowed him to project power and offer a vision of a new world order which he hopes will challenge the United States.

From BBC

Speaking at the summit in Tianjin, Putin thanked the Chinese and Indian leaders for their support and their efforts to "facilitate the resolution of the Ukrainian crisis".

From BBC

And, if their official readouts are anything to go by, Modi's attendance at the Tianjin Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation seems to have paid off.

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Putin, who is a close ally of China, arrived to a rolled out red carpet in Tianjin on Sunday.

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