lianhu

name

1. A district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.

   “[…]the Party committee of Peiyuanmen commune of Lienhu ch'u in Sian municipality has since the year before last set up outside-school cultural activity centers in the commune headquarters and in various neighborhood committees.”

   “The Qingnian Road Neighbourhood in the Lianhu District in particular has received foreigners.”

   “On December 7, 1983, the branch bureau dragged in many people and sent dozens of armed men with a prison van to pull down a 12-square-meter asphalt felt shed in the backyard of Guo’s house (142, Qingnian Street, Xian City). By order of Liang Ping, vice president of the Lianhu District Court, they brutally raided Guo’s family!”

   “Downtown Xi'an is divided between two districts, Beilin and Lianhu.[…] Lianhu District's apartments typically rent for $150-250 a month, though it is possible to find very modest places for less than $100 or large four-bedroom flats renting as high as a whopping $400.”

   “Wang Fengying and her co-accused Yang Janglin^([sic – meaning Jianglin]) said she was called Princess Changping and persuaded people to lend them money to help them get back assets worth billions of dollars held by authorities, the Lianhu District Court in Shaanxi province said.”