Definition of "Zhongnanhai"
Zhongnanhai
proper noun
An area in Xicheng district, Beijing, China housing the government leaders of the People's Republic of China.
Quotations
A second tear-gas attack, combined with a violent nightstick attack on demonstrators, occurred about an hour later in front of the Communist Party headquarters at Zhongnanhai.
1989 June 4, Daniel Southerl, “TROOPS ROLL THROUGH BEIJING TO CRUSH PROTESTERS”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 12 April 2023
Many of Beijing’s most important buildings sit near or alongside the square, including the Great Hall of the People, the Forbidden City, and Zhongnanhai, the compound in which many of the People’s Republic’s most senior leaders live.
1998, George H. W. Bush, Brent Scowcroft, “Untying a Knot”, in A World Transformed, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, pages 86–87
The decision to ban the group entirely was made after 10,000 Falun Gong adherents staged a silent protest outside the gates of Zhongnanhai, the Communist Party’s leadership compound in Beijing, to complain about reports in the state-run media that the group said were defamatory.
2009 April 27, Andrew Jacobs, “China Still Presses Crusade Against Falun Gong”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 February 2011, Asia Pacific
A popular saying when Xi's predecessor Hu Jintao was in power was: "Policies do not go beyond Zhongnanhai," the leadership compound in central Beijing.
2021 August 11, Andrew Galbraith, “Analysis: China regulatory storm tests nerves, limits of top-down policy”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 11 August 2021