Dandong

[ dahn-dawng ]

noun

1. a seaport in southeastern Liaoning province, in northeastern China, at the mouth of the Yalu River.

Dandong

/ ˈdænˈdʊŋ /

noun

1. a port in E China, in Liaoning province at the mouth of the Yalu River. Pop: 730 000 (2005 est) Also calledAndong Former spellingTan-tung

Example Sentences

The rights group identified the prisoners as believed to have been held at Shenyang Prison and Chanchun Tiebei Prison, and noted over 300 had crossed at the Onsong crossing point on 9 October, while 180 went over at Dandong crossing point around the similar period.

From BBC

State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters that King was met by the U.S. ambassador to Beijing, Nicholas Burns, in Dandong, China, a river city bordering North Korea.

From Reuters

They arrived in the Chinese city of Dandong, where dozens of people then disembarked.

From BBC

Treasury statement said the three were a China-based virtual currency trader, another currency trader based in Hong Kong, and a representative of North Korea's Korea Kwangson Banking Corp, who recently relocated to Dandong, China.

From Reuters

Rising unease in China's commercial hub of Shanghai comes as the country's daily local case count hit 2,719, a small figure by global standards but its highest level since Aug 17, prompting other cities such as Guangzhou and Dandong to tighten measures, although Zhengzhou unexpectedly eased its quasi-lockdown.

From Reuters