Word: cheng
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...daughter last week, bringing British good will, good works and goods, including a 24-piece dessert service for Madame Chiang Kaishek, and a 40-piece porcelain tea service for Madame Sun Yatsen. The Chinese responded with an enthusiastic welcome, including a poem in her honor by Ambassador to Britain Cheng Tien...
...Communists hard on nearly all fronts, were rapidly driving a wedge between Yenan and Kalgan, the key Communist bases. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's forces also opened an all-out drive to recapture North China's vital communications network, had already regained control of the important Peiping-Cheng-teh railroad through the seizure of Kupehkow, strategic Great Wall pass...
...Newcomers. Not Chou En-lai but two lesser Communists, Wang Ping-nan and Liao" Cheng-chi, publicly made the secession threat. Both came some months ago from Chungking to Nanking, where they have been relatively obscure members of the Communist delegation. Wang is solemn, homely, rather likable. He is direct, clipped in speech, and generally uses an interpreter though he understands English well. His wife is a Polish Communist, who is said to have strong influence over him. Liao also speaks excellent English, out of the corner of his mouth. The emergence of Wang and Liao, like the emergence...
Zezukevich asked: "Can't you appreciate our service here in keeping the mines open?" Cheng replied affirmatively. Zezukevich declaimed: "We technicians are truly international." Cheng remained passive. Zezukevich asked if the Russians should remain in Fushun or leave. Cheng replied: "Do as you please." Zezukevich inquired if Cheng thought the mines were part of the Changchun Railroad. Cheng said...
...question of Fushun's ownership has not been really settled. As far as Cheng is concerned, the Combine is Chinese and will stay that way. The Russians, despite their withdrawal, may have other ideas...