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Word: lanchow (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1935-1935
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...dynasties (246 B.C.-907 A.D.). As opened last week the railway is the newest link in a line that strikes 650 miles into Central China, connects Sian with Shanghai, Nanking and Peiping. Later it will stab on 400 miles further to Lanchow, remote outpost just south of the Great Wall. All last week excited passengers, most of whom had galloped in on horseback to see a train for the first time in their lives, rode the new railway on "shuttle excursions" up & clown the line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Chiang, Kung & Chang | 1/7/1935 | See Source »

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