Word: changing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only leader of modern China who has inherited his authority is the well-meaning, hollow-eyed young man known throughout China as "The Young Mar-shal," Chang Hsueh-liang. He is the deposed warlord of Manchuria and, until last week, ruler of Peiping and the surrounding province. Last week destiny caught up with him and with the rest of China. Chang Hsueh-liang is the son of Chang Tso-lin, one of the most picturesque Chinese characters to emerge since the death of that grand old lady, the Empress Dowager Tzu-hsi. Chang Tso-lin was a bandit who made...
...Chiang has lost much face by his continued failure to consolidate and pacify central China (his own territory) and his failure to provide more determined resistance to Japan. Wang Ching-wei resigned in disgust having first sent a note protesting the passive military policy in the north of "Young Chang" Hsueh-liang, ruler of Peiping...
...Young Chang followed Wang out two days later, handed over his control to two committees, one political, one financial. It was a move that Peiping observers have been expecting for nearly two years. Well meaning, sickly, dope-taking Young Chang had never the influence or the ability of his sly father, the late great Chang Tso-lin. Japan's occupation of Manchuria has ruined him financially, disgraced him as a soldier, emasculated his ragged army. What the final result of these two resignations will be few dared guess last week. It was obvious that the strange sort of equilibrium...
Only 87 miles from Peiping at its seaport, Tientsin, is a powerful Japanese garrison. Tersely the Japanese Commander threatened the young Marshal thus: "If there are clashes between the Japanese Army and the forces of Marshal Chang in Jehol then the Japanese garrison at Tientsin will have no other course but to attack Peiping...
...their puppet Manchurian state called "Manchoukuo" (TIME, March 21), they claimed that General Tang brought his vast, wild territory into the new state at that time. More recently General Tang has shown a disposition to consider himself loyal to the Chinese Government represented in Peiping by young Marshal Chang...