Word: kong
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Owing to banditry in the interior, thousands of wealthy Chinese are fleeing to " Hong Kong, Shanghai and other cities situated in foreign concessions, where their life and liberty are safe...
With them comes their cash. They are reported to be looking for good investments. In Hong Kong there was such a rush to buy taxicab stock that two prospective investors were injured and subsequently removed to a hospital with broken arms...
...week ago the China sky was full of ugly black clouds: Dr. Sun Yat-Sen was reported to be on his way to Canton by way of Hong Kong. Would the British let him pass? It was doubtful...
Since Sun's arrival in Hong Kong, however, he and the British have been indulging in an orgy of compliments...
...influence and its equipment had become complete when its teaching force was diminished with the outbreak of the War. Aiming first as a preparatory school for sons of American families within the Philippines, the school had grown to include boys from other parts of the Far East, Hong Kong, Canton, and even the Malay Archipelago. But in 1917 the school lost its headmaster and gradually all the masters; now for two years it has been closed although substantial professional and business men of the islands have offered their backing and personal influence to keep it open...