Definitions

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  • A province of northern China on the northern side of the Yellow River. Taiyuan is the capital.

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  • proper noun A province in the northern part of the People's Republic of China.

Etymologies

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Shanxi's name literally means "mountains' west", referring to the province's location west of the Taihang Mountains.

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Examples

  • Last year I interviewed a party official in Shanxi province who was laying out his regional-development plans.

    China's Way Forward 2009

  • Last year I interviewed a party official in Shanxi province who was laying out his regional-development plans.

    China's Way Forward 2009

  • The titular riff on Jia Zhangke's Unknown Pleasures may not be coincidental - the setting is a derelict town in Shanxi province (JZ turf, in other words).

    GreenCine Daily: Torino Dispatch. 2006

  • China's Shaanxi province was incorrectly identified as Shanxi province in a World Watch item about protests at a smelting plant in some editions Tuesday.

    Corrections & Amplifications 2009

  • Early last year, the government of Shanxi, which is the largest coal mining base in China, ordered the number of mine shafts in the province to be gradually reduced from over 2,000 to below 1,000 by 2015.

    FinanceAsia 2010

  • Early last year, the government of Shanxi, which is the largest coal mining base in China, ordered the number of mine shafts in the province to be gradually reduced from over 2,000 to below 1,000 by 2015.

    FinanceAsia 2010

  • Black gold has long been an economic mainstay for Shanxi, which is home to about one billion cubic meters of CBM reserves - about one-third of China's total - as well as about one-quarter of the nation's coal reserves.

    New day in China for Shanxi black gold investment Caixin Online - MarketWatch 2010

  • Early last year, the government of Shanxi, which is the largest coal mining base in China, ordered the number of mine shafts in the province to be gradually reduced from over 2,000 to below 1,000 by 2015.

    FinanceAsia 2010

  • Black gold has long been an economic mainstay for Shanxi, which is home to about one billion cubic meters of CBM reserves - about one-third of China's total - as well as about one-quarter of the nation's coal reserves.

    MarketWatch.com - Top Stories 2010

  • Black gold has long been an economic mainstay for Shanxi, which is home to about one billion cubic meters of CBM reserves - about one-third of China's total - as well as about one-quarter of the nation's coal reserves.

    New day in China for Shanxi black gold investment Caixin Online - MarketWatch 2010

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