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Chungking, which three months ago was willing to pay a high price to get the Russians out, was now forced into the ironical position of asking the Red Army to hold Manchurian towns until Nationalist troops could arrive. Chungking papers reported that the Russians were willing-at a further price...
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...
A plum tree flooded with white birds, the clean curve of a plow as it comes dripping from the earth, the tuck-tuck of mah-jongg tablets, the faltering steps of a blind man on a moonlit night, Chungking in the mist, the whistle of unseen leaves-all these, in...