Word: manchuria
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Super-Tuchun Chang of Manchuria, opposed in the North to Super-Tuchun...
...that they passed comprehension. Bloody fighting in the North and bloody fighting around Shanghai took place without decisive result. Losses were heavy. A rumor persisted that many of the Peking Government's troops had gone over to the enemy. One report stated that Super-Tuchun Chang of Manchuria was advancing on Peking; the rest that he was retiring on Mukden, his capital. The only report that all were agreed upon was one describing the opening by Chang of his own private Foreign Office...
...contending Tuchuns continued their war (TIME, Sept. 15 et seq.) with great show and many loud noises, but neither side gained any appreciable advantages. In the north, slight progress was made by Tuchun Chang of Manchuria. In the south, the army of Tuchun Chi of Kiangsu drove its enemy two miles nearer Shanghai, their coveted goal; then rain stopped the engagement...
Super-Tuchun Chang, of Manchuria. He seeks to recapture Peking, which was under his influence in 1922. He then proposes to unify China...
...story of Tsao's meteoric rise is long; but it is significant to remember that he, Wu and Chang once combined to oust from Peking the Anfu clique (political party charged with accepting bribes from Japan). In 1922, however, Wu waged war on Chang, drove him from Peking into Manchuria. Tsao Kun aided Wu with soldiers but took no part himself in the war, as Chang was his brother-in-law. Many rumors have circulated concerning a prolonged disagreement between Wu and Tsao Kun following the events of 1922. This may have been, but it was generally believed that...