Benxi

American  

[bœn-shee] / ˈbœnˈʃi /

(Wade-Giles) Penchi

noun

Pinyin.

1. a city in eastern Liaoning province, in northeastern China.

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Benxi British  

/ ˈbɛnˈʃiː /

noun

1. an industrial city in SE China, in S Liaoning province. Pop: 967 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

The official Xinhua News Agency said two workers remained missing Wednesday after explosives that were being transported to a mine blew up near the entrance Tuesday afternoon in Benxi, a city in Liaoning province.

From Seattle Times

Company documents in Hong Kong listed its sole shareholder as Sun Wei, a resident of Benxi, an area near the Chinese city of Shenyang in Liaoning Province.

From New York Times

Its chimneys, smelters and stockyards stretch nearly a mile along the banks of the Taizi river flowing through Benxi.

From Reuters

Ms. Ma and her mother-in-law Ding Ailian, who respectively own 80% and 20% of Hongxiang Industrial, had their stakes in the company frozen for six months by the Benxi public-security department bureau, corporate records show.

From The Wall Street Journal

Several calls to provincial police and their municipal counterparts in Dandong weren’t answered, while a public-security official in the nearby city of Benxi, where some of the asset-freeze orders were issued, declined to comment.

From The Wall Street Journal