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Wenzhou

American  
[wœn-joh] / ˈwœnˈdʒoʊ /
(Wade-Giles) Wenchou,

noun

Pinyin.
  1. a seaport in southeastern Zhejiang province, in eastern China.


Wenzhou British  
/ ˈwɛnˈtʃuː /

noun

  1. a port in SE China, in Zhejiang province: noted for its historic buildings. Pop: 1 475 000 (2005 est)

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Several other cities have followed: Chengdu deployed a mixed squad of quadruped and humanoid robots, Shenzhen is testing humanoids that shake hands with passersby, and a Wenzhou model literally rolls.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

Yayang church, in the Wenzhou area of Zhejiang province, is one of China's unregistered churches that emerged as an alternative to places of worship regulated and approved by Beijing.

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

More than 1,000 miles away in Wenzhou, authorities began demolishing the Yayang Church building, as seen in video obtained by the non-profit ChinaAid, which monitors religious persecution.

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026

But senior administrators soon decided NIH’s claims that Wang held a position at Wenzhou Medical University and had received a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China did not hold up.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 22, 2023

He worked his way up to the post of Communist Party leader of Wenzhou, a position he held for three years until 2004.

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023

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