Definition of "Handan"

The coking-coal center of Fengfeng in southern Hopei, for example, was among the first places designated as a mining district, about 1951, and was raised to the status of city in 1954. (Two years later, it was incorporated into the expanding urban complex of Hantan.)]

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Xiufen Xie, 53, was born in a village near Handan City, Hebei Province, China. Her story was originally published in an official Chinese newspaper in 1998.

2001, “People with Disabilities”, in Falun Gong Stories: A Journey to Ultimate Health‎, Golden Lotus Press, page 37

At age 20, Tian enlisted in the army, and nine years later she joined the police force of Handan, a city 300 miles south of Beijing.

2014 December 1, William Wan, “Once a cop, now an outcast: A Chinese tale of abuse and a craving for justice”, in The Washington Post‎, archived from the original on 02 December 2014, World‎