Chenpao
See also: Chen Pao
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 珍寶／珍宝 (Zhēnbǎo) Wade–Giles romanization: Chên¹-pao³.
Proper noun
Chen Pao
- Alternative form of Zhenbao
- 1970, Ebon, Martin, Lin Piao: The Life and Writings of China's New Ruler, New York: Stein and Day, →ISBN, LCCN 70-104636, OCLC 477050055, pages 343-344:
- Now that the Soviet government has created the incident of armed encroachment on the Chinese territory Chenpao Island, the Sino-Soviet boundary question has caught the attention of the whole world.
- 1972, Fokkema, D. W., “Balance Sheet of the Cultural Revolution”, in Report from Peking: Observations of a Western Diplomat on the Cultural Revolution, Montreal: McGill–Queen's University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 78-186299, OCLC 906064410, page 167:
- Perhaps the Russian hope of finding sympathy for the role of the Soviet army in the conflict around Chenpao was illusory, but they were also intending to divert attention from the occupation of Czechoslovakia. Anyway, in spite of the many reports and pictures published by the Soviets, the Chenpao incident has not proved Chinese military aggression.
- 1977, Brugger, Bill, Contemporary China, →ISBN, OCLC 251563711, page 347:
- I find it inconceivable that the Chenpao incident of March 1969 was either a prelude to a possible Soviet invasion of China in the manner of Czechoslovakia, or an example of China’s revanchist wish to take back territory occupied by the Tsars.
- 1977 September, Alley, Rewi, “Mutankiang”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVI, number 9, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, ISSN 0012-8813, OCLC 751117974, page 7, column 1:
- The incident only a few years ago at Chenpao Island northeast of Mutankiang city and in the Hulin county of the prefecture, showed the white fangs of the bear all right.
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