Fushun

See also: fǔshùn and Fu-shun

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Etymology

From Mandarin 撫順抚顺 (Fǔshùn).

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Fushun

  1. A prefecture-level city in Liaoning, China, known for coal mining.
    • 1867, Raphael Pumpelly, “Geological Researches in China, Mongolia, and Japan, During the Years 1862 to 1865”, in Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, volume XV, Smithsonian Institution, →OCLC, page 15:
      In the Fushun mine, apparently on the same seam, the coal reaches a thickness of thirty-five feet, though it averages much less.
    • 1968, Joseph Earle Spencer, “FUSHUN”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 9, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1058, column 2:
      FUSHUN (FU-SHUN, FUSUNG), an industrial city adjoining Mukden on the east, located on the Hsün river in central Liaoning province, China.
    • 2015 October 6, Yifu Dong, “Coal, Which Built a Chinese City, Now Threatens to Bury It”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 October 2015, Asia Pacific:
      The state-owned mining companies cut dangerously steep angles into the ground without refilling, a practice that has put Fushun’s future at risk, he said. Landslides now threaten 42.5 percent of Fushun’s urban areas, according to a 2012 government report.

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