Word: chungkingers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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On the sad Sunday of Sept. 3, 1939, when Britain entered another state of war against Germany, Dr. Quo Taichi, Chinese Ambassador to London, took a late afternoon stroll in his garden. He looked up into the dull grey skies. "Soon," said he, "the air is going to be black...
United Nations. China took no definite stand; but the Chungking press openly regretted the jailing of Congress leaders. Russia was too busy with war and Anglo-Soviet conferences to comment. The U.S., like China and Russia, is a wartime ally of Britain. Thus U.S. hands are tied officially.
Veteran, bespectacled General Ho Kuo-kwang, commander of China's air defenses, breathed these thankful words last week at a banquet in Chungking. All day there had been mass meetings, speeches, athletic contests. Forty-eight boys & girls, the youngest only seven, had leaped bravely from a parachute tower. Winner...
The Chinese Rejoiced. As Chungking finished its day of celebration, she listened to more good news. A British R.A.F. was taking shape in China, would soon add its strength to the Americans'. The Chinese were grateful indeed. But China's ultimate hope was a self-reliant force of...
From Chungking went an appeal to President Roosevelt for more planes. Said the commander of the First Route Air Force: China must also make its own machines, produce its own fuel, train its own personnel. Said veteran General Ho, winding things up: "This day next year we want to turn...