Word: china
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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MARGARET SHEPARD SOCIETY will give a Chinese entertainment, an evening in Peking, under the direction of Miss Clara M. Cushman, (late of Peking, China), assisted by 26 persons in the costumes of various nations, representing Buddhist and Lama priests, soldiers, watchmen, bride, mourners, teachers and pupils, etc., at the Shepard Memorial Chapel, Mason street, Tuesday evening, February 12, at 7.45. Admission 25 cents...
XMAS GIFTS. - All students interested in decorated China should call and see some exquisite hand-designed pieces now for sale at 371 Harvard Street, Cambridge...
Both sides admit that China is the mainstay of Eastern Asia. - (a) Governs 400,000,000 people. - (b) Prevented French advances. - (c) Held Russia at bay. (d) Separated England and Russia...
...effect on China would be bad Spectator, Sept. 22, p. 357. - (b) Delicately poised Chinese Empire broken up: Spec. Sept. 22, 360 - (1) Petty kingdoms. - (2) Long period of readjustment. - (3) Absorption by European powers...
...defeat of China would result in Russian ascendancy. - (a) Parts of China annexed. - (b) Russian alliance with Japan. - (c) Korean ports a basic of Russian naval operations: Cont. Rev Sept. p. 312. - (d) Barrier between Russia and England destroyed: Forum, Oct. p. 248. - (e) Russia will attack English dependencies in Asia and Polynesia...