The most important inland water transport takes place along three great rivers, theXi-jiang (West River) by Guangzhou (Canton); the Yangzi Jiang, which links Shanghai, Wuhan and Chongqing (Chungking); and the Songhua Jiang (Sungari) which passes through Ha’erbin (Harbin) in the north-east.]
1986 April 12, Jeannette Belliveau, “Chinese Byways By Water: Slow Boats And Glimpses Of Everyday Life”, inThe New York Times[2],→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on26 September 2025, Lifestyle[3]:
My slow boat to China began and ended last spring in Hong Kong. For the first leg of the journey, I headed northwest into China on theXi River, leaving Tai Kok Tsui Pierat dawn for the 10-hour Hovercraft ride from Hong Kong to Wuzhou.
A sand barge struck a bridge over theXi River between Heshan and the town of Jiujiang in Guangdong yesterday morning, bringing down a section of the structure at least 200 metres long.
2011 August 17, Jeff Mason, Chris Buckley, “China, U.S. seek to boost confidence as Biden visits”, in Brian Rhoads, Alex Richardson, editors,Reuters[6], archived fromthe original on29 June 2023:
Vice PresidentXi (pronounced “Shee”), expected to succeed Hu Jintao as president from early 2013, will inherit responsibility for his nation’s far-reaching and sometimes troublesome relationship with the United States.
2022 November 5, Philip Sherwell, “We don’t think China will invade Taiwan. But if they do we’ll fight them”, inThe Times[7],→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on05 November 2022[8]:
Across the water, which is 110 miles wide, is Fujian province, whereXi spent 17 years climbing the political ladder before making the leap to the national stage.
According to the 2010 United States Census,Xi is the 25620th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 963 individuals.Xi is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (95.57%) individuals.
Daning County is located in the south of Luliang Mountain and west of Linfen City in Shanxi Province. Pu County andXi County are to the east of Daning County,[...]
2017, Mao Min,The Revival of China[10],→ISBN, page158:
The 203rd Brigade was blocked by the Red 25th Army, a battalion was wiped out inXi County, and the battalion commander and more than 200 soldiers were captured.
To help the sales of agricultural products is an effective means of poverty alleviation. In 2017, the Company purchased pears fromXi County of Linfen, Shanxi Province twice at a total cost of 1,329,400 yuan; in August 2017, the Company spent RMB260,000 on melon bought from Maigaiti County of Xinjiang;[...]
2018 October 17, Lan Xue, Jing Zhao, “Truncated Decision Making and Deliberative Implementation: A Time-Based Policy Process Model for Transitional China”, inPolicy Studies Journal[12], volume48, number 2,→DOI,→ISSN,→OCLC, page19:
In April,2004, 36 people died in Shanxi’sXi County coal-mining accident. The provincial governor, Zhang Baoshun (Governor Zhang), having been promoted to his position only two months prior to the accident, was shocked by the chaotic conditions of property rights and the consequential predatory mining activities when he arrived at the scene.
2020, Lu Shunmin, Yang Yao, Chen Kehai,Pathway to Prosperity: China's Poverty Alleviation with a Case Study of Shanxi Province Editorial Board[13],→ISBN:
As the new round of the fight against poverty began, he was assigned to take up the provisional post of deputy chief of Yangtousheng Township,Xi County, Linfen City.
The systematic dust avoidance effect of Small Xitian building complex inXi county is rare in the history of science and technology at home and abroad, which confirms the scientific nature of the dust avoidance effect of ancient temple buildings in China and plays a reference role in the research on dust avoidance protection of other ancient buildings in China.
