Zhong Nan Hai

See also: Zhongnanhai and Zhōngnánhǎi

English

Proper noun

Zhong Nan Hai

1. (proscribed) Alternative form of Zhongnanhai
   • 1980, John Fraser, “The "Tiny Democracy Movement"”, in The Chinese: Portrait of a People‎^[1], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 247:

     The march—the various estimates of the crowd ranged between ten and fifteen thousand—went past the gates of Zhong Nan Hai, where many of the Party leaders live and where Mao’s Peking residence had once been, then on to the Great Hall of the People.

   • 1988, Russell Spurr, “Conference in the Forbidden City / The Chinese Generals Consider Their Options”, in Enter the Dragon‎^[2], New York: Newmarket Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 53:

     The parkland of Zhong Nan Hai, home of the newly installed Communist leadership, was getting its biggest face-lift since the heyday of the Manchu emperors.

   • 1991, C. Y. Lee, Gate of Rage: A Novel of One Family Trapped by the Events at Tiananmen Square‎^[3], New York: William Morrow and Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 52:

     She enjoyed her work as a reporter and translator. Her recent assignment was to read all the American news magazines, especially Newsweek and Time, and translate all the news articles and comments that had something to do with China. She tried to be accurate, knowing that the translation would be channeled to the top leaders in Zhong Nan Hai, the nerve center of the party hierarchy. She had been told that the translation rarely arrived at its destiny without some alterations, for top leaders did not like bad news.