Word: chungkingers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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To retaliate for a bombing of Hankow in which U.S. Liberator bombers shot down 35 of 50 intercepting Zeros, the Jap air force last week ordered 47 planes over Chungking to give the Chinese provisional capital its first raid in almost two years. Three times opposed on their way, only...
There is no marrying in Chungking this month and no becoming engaged. Open enjoyment of amusements is taboo and flags are at half-mast. Black arm bands mark all members of the Government, the Army and the Kuomintang. For 30 days the war-racked capital mourns the passing (TIME, Aug...
A time of continence in feverish, polygamy-ridden Chungking is a fitting tribute to Lin Sen. His wife died 50 years ago. He never remarried, never took a concubine. Lin Sen stands as a symbol of the new monogamy which is eclipsing the practice of polygamy* and leading the nation...
Tea for too Many. When Chungking became the war capital of Free China, thousands of officers and officials streamed to the bleak new headquarters, leaving their wives behind. Quietly at first, later quite openly, concubines moved in to ease the loneliness. Men without sons told one another that home life...
The trip was costly: large sums were needed to buy a passage through Jap lines and past bandit hordes. Many an ex' hausted wife reached Chungking penniless and almost naked to find a concubine in her rightful place. Too often the concubine was herself a "modern girl," unwilling to...