Word: chungkingers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Promise v. Fulfillment. The Russians had promised to begin evacuating Manchuria three weeks after the end of the Japanese war. Apparently they were keeping the letter, if not the spirit, of their pledge. The Red Army had withdrawn from much of southern Manchuria; by early December the evacuation should be...
But Chungking reported last week that Soviet dilatoriness had "much affected" the feasibility of the landing. That was a diplomatic way of saying that Chinese Communists had surrounded Changchun airfield.
The Key? But Manchuria's ultimate fate was still far from settled. Chinese look upon Manchuria, with its Japanese-developed heavy industry and its strategic position, as the key to a strong China. The Central Government was still negotiating with the Communists for an overall settlement ; if that failed...
"If American lives are endangered . . . it is desired that you inform the military leader or responsible authority in that vil lage in writing, both through a carefully selected emissary and through dropped leaflets, that . . . such firing must be stopped. . . . Should firing . . . continue, you are authorized to take appropriate military measures...
He had saved up enough money by 1911 ($700) to realize a childhood desire: a trip around the world. With George A. (Why We Behave Like Human Beings) Dorsey he made the second steamboat trip in history up the Yangtze Gorges to the then inconspicuous city of Chungking. The Chinese...