Tiandeng
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for Mandarin 天等 (Tiānděng).
Proper noun
[edit]Tiandeng
- A county of Chongzuo, Guangxi, China.
- 1985, “Chinese Observance of Internationally Recognized Human Rights”, in Human Rights Developments in the People's Republic of China from October 1983 through September 1984 (China Rights Annals)[1], number 1, East Gate Books, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 49:
- A case in point is a group of teachers in Guangxi's Tiandeng County, apparently still dominated by leftists. By July 1984 the social and political climate was so inhospitable that 15 teachers were forced to leave the area, even though they did not have proper documentation to do so, and more were planning to do the same.