Word: chahar
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...with the habit of success. Last week Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek thought he had found just the man. To the post of military commander for all North China, with headquarters in Peiping, he called bulletheaded, bland-eyed, 53-year-old General Fu Tso-yi from his "pacification" command in Chahar...
...democracy" practiced by China's Communists in the strategic northwest, vacated by the Japanese more than a year ago, has seemingly ended in a political mistake rivaling their military failure. This is a conclusion hard to escape after a strenuous plane, truck and rail tour of the Chahar Shansi-Suiyuan border region...
...armies were closing in on Chihfeng, last big Communist base in Jehol. Purpose of the campaign: to clear the railroad from Peiping to Mukden and to free from Communist threat the Government corridor from North China to Manchuria. The Jehol offensive also put flank pressure on Kalgen, capital of Chahar province and the Communists' No.1 base...
...days things went with unexpected smoothness. Then, suddenly, the road got bumpy. General Chang insisted that the Government must occupy Communist-claimed Jehol and Chahar provinces, on the flank of the overland route between North China and Manchuria. General Chou sharply dissented. Plainly upset, he stalked out. "Regrettable!" he muttered...
Late that evening, General Marshall called on Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek. For two hours they conferred. The Generalissimo's decision: the Government was strong enough to yield on the issue of Jehol and Chahar...