Chinghai

/ ˈtʃɪŋˈhaɪ /

noun

1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Qinghai

Example Sentences

One result of the decentralization program: a factory in Chinghai is assembling its own "Chinghai Lake"-brand trucks in a desert province inhabited mostly by yak-riding nomads who do not even need roads.

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According to one edition, the deputy military commander in western China's Chinghai province overthrew his pro-Maoist commander and killed or injured more than 200 Maoist supporters.

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Born June 6, 1935, in the Chinese province of Chinghai, the Dalai Lama was one of six children of a peasant who lived near a three-storied monastery with a golden roof.

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Last week another of the Ma clan, once-rambunctious General Ma Puching, peacefully accepted appointment as Commissioner of Reclamation in the dreary swamplands of Chinghai Province near Tibet.

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He kept inflation out of Chinghai; today one silver dollar, worth about one U.S. dollar, will buy 200 eggs or five live sheep.

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