Dandong
Dandong or Andong , city (1994 est. pop. 550,900), SE Liaoning prov., China, at the mouth of the Yalu River, opposite Korea. It is a port, connected by rail with Shenyang (Mukden) and with Sinuiju in North Korea. The Supung Dam on the Yalu supplies power for the city's industries. Manufactures include paper, oakleaf silk, chemicals, medicines, machinery, cement, and rubber products. Dandong was opened as a treaty port in 1907. The name sometimes appears as Tan-tung.
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China and North Korea to build another hydropower plant on Yalu River.
Newspaper article from: China Business News; 6/30/2006; 564 words
; ...to build another hydropower plant on Yalu River Shanghai. June 30. INTERFAX-China...jointly build a hydropower plant on the Yalu River, according to the state media. The...hydropower station mid-stream of the Yalu River, said Xinhua. The station, involving...
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China and North Korea in talks on increasing hydro power stations on Yalu River.
Newspaper article from: China Business News; 3/28/2005; 520 words
; ...on increasing hydro power stations on Yalu River <
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High rollers and the poor share the Yalu River.(World)(Briefing/Pacific Rim)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 4/13/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...melt away in the shared waters of the Yalu River between Dandong on the northern shore...between Dandong and Sinuiju make the Yalu River look like the Berlin Wall of old. Both...complex. The largest billboard pushes Yalu River beer - a lager that sells well in gaudy...
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A river of contrasts; Cruise the Yalu River that separates China and North Korea, and one quickly sees the stark differences between the two. For Chinese visitors, the journey is a feel-good occasion that reaffirms the vast changes that have transformed their nation in the past quarter-century.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 8/13/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...take boat excursions to a virtual human zoo: They cross the Yalu River and motor along the other side to gawk at poor North Koreans...quarter-century. They marvel at the stark contrasts along the Yalu River's two sides. On the Chinese side, high-rise hotels and...
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U.S. missionary adds thorn to Korean conflicts North says it arrested American after he swam across Yalu River
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 10/8/1996; 700+ words
; ...of South Korean ancestry, had been working as a missionary in Beijing before he crossed into North Korea by swimming the Yalu River on Aug. 24. Analysts said Monday that the North may have announced Hunzike's arrest during the weekend in an effort to...
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China-N. Korea Bridge Is Reborn
News Wire article from: AP Online; 10/3/2002; ; 650 words
; ...about $2 for a trip halfway out into the Yalu river. North Korea's half of the bridge...A Chinese tourist boat cruises on the Yalu River with the backdrop of the North Korean...Wednesday Oct. 2, 2002. At left is the Yalu River bridge which once connected China to...
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Frozen Chosin: The Naval air war in Korea, November-December 1950
Magazine article from: Naval Aviation News; 11/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...NKPA) was fleeing north toward the Yalu River pursued by victorious United Nations...the cease-fire of 27 July 1953. The Yalu River winds almost 500 miles to the Yellow...being moved from the south side of the Yalu River where we could hit them to the north...
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Journey TO Freedom | Author recounts North Korean ancestors' struggles in hopes of raising awareness
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 2/6/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...the Chinese border on the banks of the Yalu River, she looked across the water and saw...and living in a remote village near the Yalu River on the border between North Korea and...he could sneak Young Woon across the Yalu River for a brief reunion with Halmoni and...
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KOREA - 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, NOV. 2-8 FIGHTING CONTINUES WEST OF CHOSIN RESERVOIR
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 10/30/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Korean Commission votes to exclude the Yalu River and Manchuria as part of the combat zone...granting a no-strike zone along the Yalu River to protect Chinese installations. The...raid on the Chinese power dams on the Yalu River. Lt. Russell Brown shoots down a MIG...
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Dandong
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Dandong or Andong , city (1994 est. pop. 550,900), SE Liaoning prov., China...silk, chemicals, medicines, machinery, cement, and rubber products. Dandong was opened as a treaty port in 1907. The name sometimes appears as Tan...
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South Manchurian Railway
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...s indemnity in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5). Japan later constructed a line to connect Shenyang (Mukden) and Dandong. Other cities served by the railroad are Dalian (Dairen), Anshan, and Fushun. The prosperity of Manchuria is in large...
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Yalu
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...500 mi (800 km) long, rising in the Changbai Mts. in Jilin prov., NE China, and flowing SW to the Bay of Korea at Dandong; forms part of the China-North Korea border. In places it is navigable for shallow-draft vessels, but its chief commercial...
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Tan-tung
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Tan-tung see Dandong . China.
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Andong
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Andong city, China: see Dandong .
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