Tieling

Tieling
—  Prefecture-level city  —
Chinese transcription(s)
- Traditional	鐵嶺
- Simplified	铁岭
- Pinyin	Tiělíng
Location of Teiling in Liaoning
Tieling Location within China
Coordinates (city(2410000)): 42°17′28″N 123°49′48″E / 42.291°N 123.830°E / 42.291; 123.830
Country	China
Province	Liaoning
Districts and Counties	List Yinzhou District Qinghe District Diaobingshan City Kaiyuan City Tieling County Xifeng County Changtu County
Government
- CPC Dandong	Committee Secretary
- Mayor	Li Wenke
Area
- Prefecture-level city	13,000 km2 (5,019.3 sq mi)
- Urban	638 km2 (246.3 sq mi)
Population (2004)[1]
- Prefecture-level city	3,004,000
- Urban	950,000
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Area code(s)	410
Website	www.tieling.gov.cn

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Tieling (Traditional Chinese: 鐵嶺; Simplified Chinese: 铁岭; pinyin: Tiělíng) is a prefecture-level city in Liaoning province of the People's Republic of China.

Tieling is a city where coal mining is an important industry.

The mayor of Tieling is Li Wenke. An Intermediate People's Court is in Tieling.

The actor Zhao Benshan was born in Tieling.

Demographics

The total population was 3,004,000，and 972,016 families by the end of 2004, among which, non-agricultural population was 950,000, which was 31.6% while agricultural population was 2,054,000, 68.4 of the total. and male population was 1,535,000 while female population was 1,469,000. Tieling is a multinational area where Han, Manchu, Korean, Mongolian, Hui, Xibo, Uygur, and Russian people live in a compact community, of which, the Han population was 2,312,000, or 70% of the total, while the minority 692,000 make up 23.2% of the total.

Administration

• Yinzhou District (银州区; 銀州區; Yínzhōu Qū)
• Qinghe District (清河区; 清河區; Qīnghé Qū)
• Diaobingshan City (调兵山市; 調兵山市; Diàobīngshān Shì)
• Kaiyuan City (开原市; 開原市; Kāiyuán Shì)
• Tieling County (铁岭县; 鐵嶺縣; Tiělíng Xiàn)
• Xifeng County (西丰县; 西豐縣; Xīfēng Xiàn)
• Changtu County (昌图县; 昌圖縣; Chāngtú Xiàn)

Tieling in the News

On October 11, 2009, criminal practices at the Qinghe district crematorium were discovered. The family of the late 82-yr-old Li Eshan received cold ashes shortly after the cremation and investigated; they found the corpse quite intact - along with two baskets of ashes.^[2]

The family confronted Ning Lin, a young crematorium worker, and beat him after he confessed that he had been "taught by senior staff" to give strangers' ashes to families to save time. They learned that this had been standard practice since at least 2007, when the employee had begun working there.

Within hours, some of the thousands in the city of Tieling who have been worshipping the wrong remains took to the streets in fury. The crematorium's director was beaten (and hospitalised).

Nearly 1,000 protesters descended on the Qinghe executive headquarters. On Wednesday, Oct 14, hundreds of People's Armed Police clashed with the crowd. At least one man was detained.^[3] A party/govt task force was set up.

A spokesman for Qinghe civil affairs bureau lied to the people, blaming Ning, the junior employee (detained for investigation), and claiming only one family had received the wrong ashes, and this only by mistake. Some of the families contradicted him, and on Thursday municipal authorities admitted that 'as many as' 2800 families had been given the wrong remains since 2007.

The bureau director, Ms.Hao Liping, and her deputy were fired, according to the task force's report Friday,^[4] Ning was blamed by the force and also sacked, for handing the wrong ashes to "at least four families" (the low number is due to reckoning from 2009 Sept 29, when Ning began tending the furnace). Several unnamed but relevant party officials were said to be facing party discipline.

More than 2,800 families have used the crematorium in that time; more than 2800 have now registered with the Tieling or Qinghe executives for compensation, though none has yet been offered.

The Wuhan Evening News lashed out at the local administration in Tieling for labelling the scandal as "an isolated case." Another commentator, Li Xin , writing on Hunan-based Rednet.com, said the case was only the tip of an iceberg in an industry that offers lucrative profits.

Notes and references

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Coordinates: 42°18′N 123°51′E / 42.3°N 123.85°E / 42.3; 123.85