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Taiyuan

[ tahy-yyahn ]

noun

, Pinyin, Wade-Giles.
  1. a city in and the capital of Shanxi province, in northern China; a walled city.


Taiyuan

/ ˈtaɪjuːˈɑːn /

noun

  1. a city in N China, capital of Shanxi: founded before 450 ad ; an industrial centre, surrounded by China's largest reserves of high-grade bituminous coal. Pop: 2 516 000 (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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“Incidents in which guards beat up workers at Foxconn Taiyuan frequently occur, and the methods used are brutal,” the worker said.

“Therefore, the culprit of this 10,000-worker riot at Foxconn Taiyuan is Foxconn itself,” he said.

From Taiyuan, it proceeds northwestward through another rich iron and coal field of Shansi to Kolan.

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