Word: chengtu
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...24th. a woman of 60, had descendants of eleven generations. The fingernails of his venerable right hand were six inches long. Yet to skeptical Western eyes he looked much like any Chinese 60-year-old. In 1930 Professor Wu Chung-chieh, dean of the department of education at Chengtu University, found records that the Imperial Chinese Government had congratulated one Li Ching-yun in 1827 on his birthday. The birthday was his 150th, making the man who died last week-if it was the same Li Ching-yun, and respectful Chinese preferred to think so-a 256-year...
West China Union University Chengtu, Szechwan, West China...
...China is being waged by General Wu. One of his allied generals has attacked Chengtu, capital of Szechwan, the most westerly province, in the hope of forcing the Governor of that province to recognize Wu as actual ruler of China. In the meantime the recently returned Dr. Sun Yat Sen has formed a triple alliance with Chang Tso Liu and General Tuan Chi Jui for the purpose of bringing General Wu into line with them, by force if necessary...
...whole the population per square mile is less than half that of Massachusetts and one-third that of England. But there are huge spots of density; as for example, in the far western province of Szechwan, four million people--the equivalent of the population of Massachusetts--life on the Chengtu Plain, an area less than twice the size of Rhode Island; and they are self-supporting at that. If China's potential resources of soil and mine and water power were developed with full effectiveness, and were served by adequate transportation facilities, her present population could have a modern standard...