Word: hsi
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...holding the Nationalist government together, had no illusions about his chances in a Communist-dominated coalition. Last week he conferred in Nanking with his top generals: Fu Tso-yi, whom he gave a completely free hand in the north, Chang Chih-chung, from the far northwest, and Pai Chung-hsi, from Hankow in Central China...
...Taiyuan has become the prime Communist objective in North China. Taiyuan, surrounded capital of Shansi Province, is the last island of resistance protecting the southern flank of Nationalist General Fu Tso-yi's North China corridor. For three years Taiyuan's commander, oldtime warlord Marshal Yen Hsi-shan, has fought off increasingly heavy Communist attacks. Last week TIME Correspondent Robert Doyle flew in to visit the marshal. Doyle cabled...
Four-star General Pai Chung-hsi, Minister of National Defense, reported rather perfunctorily on military affairs-somehow he skipped the war situation in North China and Manchuria. A Manchurian cried: "We are losing, nonetheless! Who are the criminals responsible?" The hall resounded with yells of "Find out! Shoot them! Shoot them...
...large areas of China the government still held control. Sometimes the Reds caught a lesson, as did raiding General Ting Hsi-shan. When he raided Tsingpu, near Shanghai, he ran into an ambush. His head was pinned to the Tsingpu city wall...
...Hsi-shan because he fought his wars in the enemies' provinces. That time has passed. Last week, a TIME correspondent asked Yen what would happen if the Government cannot relieve Taiyuan...