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Word: captial (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1923-1923
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...Shanghai-Peking train was held up near Tsinan, captial of Shantung Province, by bandits who kidnapped a number of foreign and Chinese passengers. On June 12, when the bandits accepted the Government's terms of an amnesty only eight foreigners remained in their hands, some having been freed, others having escaped. Of the eight liberated, four were U.S. citizens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: A Grand Gesture | 8/20/1923 | See Source »

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