Zhanjiang

Zhanjiang
Zhanjiang [jäŋ′jē äŋ′]
city in S China, on the Leizhou Peninsula, Guangdong province: formerly (1898-1946) in territory leased by France: pop. 867,000

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Zhan·jiang also Chan·chiang (jänʹjyängʹ) or Chan·kiang (chänʹkyängʹ)
A city of southeast China southwest of Guangzhou on an inlet of the South China Sea. It is a seaport and trade center with varied industries. Population: 1,048,720.

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China
Wade-Giles romanization  Chan-chiang , formerly  Tsamkong 

      city and major port, southwestern Guangdong sheng (province), China. It is located on Zhanjiang Bay on the eastern side of the Leizhou Peninsula, where it is protected by Naozhou and Donghai islands.

      Originally Zhanjiang was a minor fishing port in the area dominated by the city of Leizhou (Haikang), some 22 miles (35 km) to the southwest, and at one time harboured a notorious nest of pirates. It first came to prominence when it was occupied by the French in 1898. In 1899 the Chinese were forced to grant France a 99-year lease of the port, the two major islands nearby, and a strip of coastal land, totaling 325 square miles (842 square km). Administratively it was subject to French Indochina. It was then opened as a free port and renamed Fort Bayard. The port, however, did not develop, as the hinterland was not prosperous; instead the French developed access to their sphere of influence in southern China via the railway to Hanoi in what is now northern Vietnam. Zhanjiang was occupied by the Japanese early in 1943 and was returned to Chinese control in 1945.

      Following the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949, Zhanjiang developed new importance. In 1955 a rail link was built to Litang in Guangxi province, where it joined the Hunan-Guangxi rail system. Since then, Zhanjiang has developed into a major modern port serving southern China, usable by ships of up to 50,000 tons. In 1984 Zhanjiang was designated one of the “open” cities of China, where the central government invited foreign investment; this spurred the city's further industrial development. It has shipyards and engineering works; automobile, electrical-appliance, and textile plants; and sugar refineries, flour and rice mills, and chemical works. In the early 1990s a new rail line was completed, linking Zhanjiang with Guangzhou (Canton) (Canton), the provincial capital. The line was later extended to Hai'an, at the southernmost tip of Leizhou Peninsula, where trains could be transported by ferry across the Hainan Strait to Haikou. Pop. (2002 est.) city, 719,681; (2007 est.) urban agglom., 1,590,000.

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