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...General Feng's army, the Kuominchun, was in its early days the best disciplined force in the Chinese Army. The men were not allowed to smoke or drink. And at one time all prostitutes and opium-dealers were expelled from any city in which they were stationed. This was not always the case, however, for a member of my staff who visited Kalgan during the Kuominchun occupation brought me back a packet of opium sealed with the official 'chop' of the Kuominchun tax-collecting bureau, and reported that a new method of dealing with houses of prostitution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Imperialist Piece | 1/20/1936 | See Source »

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