Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern China in Guangdong province on the Pearl River Delta east-southeast of Guangzhou.
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- proper noun A sub-provincial city in the south-east of
China , the sixth largest city, in the province ofGuangdong
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Thousands of factories in Dongguan, in Guangdong province just north of Hong Kong, had been the real-life incarnation of the world’s stereotype of low-wage Chinese workers turning out low-value goods — cheap dolls and toys, Halloween masks, the bulk of the world’s Christmas presents and decorations.
China's Way Forward 2009
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Thousands of factories in Dongguan, in Guangdong province just north of Hong Kong, had been the real-life incarnation of the world’s stereotype of low-wage Chinese workers turning out low-value goods — cheap dolls and toys, Halloween masks, the bulk of the world’s Christmas presents and decorations.
China's Way Forward 2009
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Thousands of factories in Dongguan, in Guangdong province just north of Hong Kong, had been the real-life incarnation of the world’s stereotype of low-wage Chinese workers turning out low-value goods — cheap dolls and toys, Halloween masks, the bulk of the world’s Christmas presents and decorations.
China's Way Forward 2009
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Thousands of factories in Dongguan, in Guangdong province just north of Hong Kong, had been the real-life incarnation of the world’s stereotype of low-wage Chinese workers turning out low-value goods — cheap dolls and toys, Halloween masks, the bulk of the world’s Christmas presents and decorations.
China's Way Forward 2009
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Demand for Chinese exports fell steeply, hitting industrial output and forcing waves of factory closures in Guangdong boomtowns such as Dongguan and Shenzhen.
Chinese Leader Cites Need for 'Industrial Restructuring' 2009
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Spiking prices at coastal cities such as Dongguan and Shenzhen, which attracts the biggest number of immigrants, also means that few can achieve the middle-class lifestyle that attracted them to the city in the first place.
www.kyivpost.com 2010
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I am a Chinese just over there the blogger mentioned, Shenzhen city, just neighbouring next to "Dongguan".
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The factory city of "Dongguan," I wonder if that translates roughly as "The Glorious People's Attempt to Forge Walt Disney's Glorious Donkey Island," hmmmmmm
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She autographed a poster for a medical worker in Dongguan during a World Tuberculosis Day event in 2009.
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Health officials over the weekend ordered 17 noodle makers in Dongguan, a city in southern Guangdong province, to stop production after discovering their products contained non-edible additives such as ink, industrial dye and paraffin wax, according to the China Daily.
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