Bobai (;
Zhuang: ') is a county of
Guangxi
Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...
, China. It is under the administration of
Yulin city.
Bobai was the home town of the linguist
Wang Li, who described the
Bobai dialect
Bobai is a Yue Chinese dialect spoken in Bobai County, Guangxi. It was documented by the Chinese linguist Wang Li, a native speaker, and is well known for its tone system.
Tone
Bobai dialect is widely cited as having the most tones of any vari ...
with its unusually large number of
tones.
Transportation
The county is served by the
Yulin–Tieshangang railway
The Yulin–Tieshangang railway (Simplified Chinese: 玉铁铁路) is a single-track electrified railway in China. The combined passenger and freight line is long and has a design speed of .
History
Construction began in September 2010. Tracklay ...
. The railway opened for freight service in May 2015. Passenger service to
Bobai railway station
Bobai railway station () is a railway station located in Bobai County
Bobai (; Zhuang: ') is a county of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Yulin city.
Bobai was the home town of the linguist Wang Li, who described the Bobai ...
started on April 1, 2016.
Contestation and protests
In May 2007, Bobai was the site of large protests held by local people against China's
one-child policy
The term one-child policy () refers to a population planning initiative in China implemented between 1980 and 2015 to curb the country's population growth by restricting many families to a single child. That initiative was part of a much bro ...
, and triggered the protest in
Yangmei,
Rongxian.
The small office of a grassroots NGO for sex workers' rights was ransacked and its leader
Ye Haiyan
Ye Haiyan (born 1975) is a Chinese gender activist, best known for her action in favor of women, prostitutes, and children against violence and sexual aggression. In May of 2012, her NGO office in Guangxi was raided by eight plainclothes men wh ...
was also attacked.
Climate
References
Counties of Guangxi
Yulin, Guangxi
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