Definition of "north-east"

Coal is found in several places along the Hun-chiang on the north-east of Tʻung-hua.

1913, Kinosuke Inouye, “The Coal Resources of Manchuria”, in The Coal Resources of the World‎, volume 1, Morang & Co. Limited, page 256

The French Concession lay between the walled Chinese city and Yang-ching-pang Creek, later filled in and called Edward VII Avenue. The British Settlement stretched from Yang-ching-pang to Soochow Creek while the American settlement consisted of a piece of land fronting the river to the north-east of Soochow Creek.

1990, Harriet Sergeant, “A Simple Equation – The Rise of a Great City”, in Shanghai: Collision Point of Cultures, 1918-1939‎, page 18