Taiyuan
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- proper noun
- So workers were transferred from factories in Shenzhen and Zhengzhou to Taiyuan.
- the city of Taiyuan
- Taiyuan, China
Examples
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Taiyuan is known for its significant role in Taiyuan coal mining and steel production in northeastern China.
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But there has been no reporting yet on whether the new iPhone is being assembled at the Taiyuan location.
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Still, most workers do not want to go to a provincial city like Taiyuan, but rather stay in coastal boom towns.
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PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): Customers at an Internet cafe in Taiyuan, China, June 2009.
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Foxconn Taiyuan has about 79,000 workers whose average age is 20 years.
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"We have 79,000 people working on the Taiyuan campus, and we always have spare inventory," Woo said.
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A monk prays for an elderly man who had died suddenly while waiting for a train in Shanxi Taiyuan, China.
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Many factories in Taiyuan have modernized their operations to boost efficiency and output.
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After the meeting, the team traveled to Taiyuan to inspect the new construction sites.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The name Taiyuan comes from the Chinese parts tai and yuan, which mean 'great' and 'plain'. So the name pictures a 'great plain' and helps you remember this large industrial city in China.