Word: manchurian
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nations carving out new foreign privileges in East Asia were the Soviet Russians and the Chinese. In Manchuria the Russians had taken back many of the Tsar's concessions-a naval base at Port Arthur, a free port at Dairen, a 30-year partnership in the main Manchurian railways. They were asking for more-reportedly for control of Manchurian heavy industry, long regarded as the key to China's future...
...Government high command tried to keep cool. The Foreign Office said that "no agreement of views" had been reached with Moscow about disposition of Manchurian industry. Meanwhile Chiang was having trouble with right-wing, anticoalition elements in the Kuomintang. Uncertainty in Manchuria had brought them into open opposition. The agreement for army unity might provoke them to a bitter last stand...
...postponing the Red Army's withdrawal from Manchuria and by asking for further concessions in the richest industrial area of the Far Eastern mainland. Not only had they failed to withdraw on Feb. 1, as they had promised, but there were reports that the Red Army was rebuilding Manchurian installations which it had dismantled in preparation for departure. The Red Army's presence encouraged a new outbreak of Chinese Communist skirmishes with Kuomintang troops in Manchuria...
...last August's treaty between Chungking and Moscow, Russia acquired a 30-year partnership in the main Manchurian railways, a joint naval base at Port Arthur and a free port at Dairen. Last week the Russians were said to be asking for a share in operating Manchurian mines, heavy industry and telephone lines. For the new Soviet citizens from Shanghai, the prospects indeed looked rosy...
...three days Madame was whisked by Russian and Chinese officials through a good-will round of luncheons, receptions, military reviews and charitable visits. For Red Army heroes, Madame brought Chinese decorations and special Chinese candies. At a Red Army banquet, the Russians toasted her and the Generalissimo in Manchurian brandy. She responded with port wine and an earnest, delicately phrased Chinese wish...