Outer Khingan

English

Proper noun

Outer Khingan

1. Synonym of Stanovoy
   • 2017, Julia C. Schneider, “The New Setting: Political Thinking after 1912”, in Nation and Ethnicity: Chinese Discourses on History,‎^[1], →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 277:

     The Treaty of Aigun incorporated the region between the Amur River (Heilongjiang) and the Outer Khingan (or Stanovoy) Range (Wai Xing'an ling) into Russian Siberia.

   • [2023 February 26, Bohdan Nahaylo, “OPINION: China Challenges Russia by Restoring Chinese Names of Cities on Their Border”, in Kyiv Post‎^[2], archived from the original on 2023-02-26, World‎^[3]:

     The Asia Times noted on Feb. 25 that it is ironic that while releasing a peace plan this week “which conspicuously fails to say clearly whether Moscow should with draw its troops” from Ukraine’s Donbas region and Crimea,” China “this very month, made a politically sensitive change in its official word view – a change that affects Russia.”
     It elaborates that “Under Beijing’s new directive, Vladivostok once again is called Haishenwai (meaning Sea Cucumber Bay) while Sakhalin Island is called Kuyedao. The Stanovoy Range is back to being called the Outer Xing’an Range in Chinese.”]

   • [2023 May 17, Jeff Pao, “China’s Jilin to ship goods via Vladivostok”, in Asia Times‎^[4], archived from the original on 2023-05-16, China‎^[5]:

     In China, “patriotic” columnists are welcome to criticize western powers for acquiring Qing lands by force during the 19th century. Some said following the successful handovers of Hong Kong and Macau from Britain and Portugal, respectively, that Beijing should consider recovering Haishenwai and the Stanovoy Range from Russia.]

Translations

mountain range

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外興安嶺／外兴安岭 (zh) (Wài-Xīng'ānlǐng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• Greater Khingan

Further reading

• Outer Khingan at Google Ngram Viewer