Word: cantonal
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...born in a small village near Canton, where the people are the "old" Chinese, driven south centuries ago. As a boy, he traveled far to reside with his brother, a prosperous contractor, at Honolulu. There the spark of revolt against the lethargic and superstitious regime of the Son of Heaven was ignited. His brother feared for him, sent him back to his native village; but he had not long been there before he committed an act of irreverence toward a village god and was consequently expelled...
...left the village sorrowfully, went to Canton, studied at a British college, left, went to Hong-Kong, studied surgery, became a doctor, was probably the first yellow man to perform a scientific operation...
...left happily unfamiliar with that code, the record of his life from the day when he, a waif as woebegone as Poor Tom on Lear's heath, was befriended by Quong Lee, Chinese storekeeper, to the day when his first short story was published. Calm faces of Canton and Malaya move through mist down a narrow London street; in bad doorways, sailors' knives flash; the rain beats a tattoo of talons on the windows of the house of Quong Lee; the wind sniffs under the door. Tom, the Hardcress Kid, is safe now, warm, dry, nor does...
...Canton, "perpetual rebel," allied with Chang...
...South. In Canton, where Dr. Sun holds precarious sway, days of street-fighting, between his so-called "Red Army" composed of la- borers, and the "Merchant Fascists," terminated in a disastrous defeat for the latter. As a result of the fighting, a large section of Canton was destroyed by fire, causing damage to the extent of $7,000,000. The position of Dr. Sun was obscure...