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Word: lai (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...place called Tu Mu (near Huai Lai-hsien) they waited five hours for a train only to find it a freight bursting with rebel soldiers retreating before the influx of troops from Manchuria. Minister Johnson climbed aboard, "rode the rods" to Kalgan, kept the soldiers in high Chinese glee by translating some of his more successful U. S. anecdotes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Peripatetic Diplomatist | 12/1/1930 | See Source »

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