Word: mukden
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...Into Changchun, Manchuria's capital, flew the first detachment of Government troops. There ancl in Mukden, Manchuria's industrial metropolis, they took over from the Russians...
...kilograms) to supply 15 times the world's legitimate needs. In Peiping, Tientsin and other cities, the Japs opened hundreds of opium dens with signs proclaiming "Good Taste . . . High Quality . . . Comfortable Beds." They peddled narcotic patent medicines for females, narcotic candy for children. Degradation reached a nadir in Mukden's red-light alleys, where dying addicts were commonly dumped on rubbish heaps...
Quietly a cycle closed. Troops of China's National Government marched to Mukden, where, 14 years ago, the Japanese began the rape of Manchuria and the first skirmishes of World...
Under capable, confident Lieut. General Tu Li-ming, the Nationalists had covered 210 miles from the Great Wall in less than three weeks and at the cost of a few hundreds casualties. Communist opposition had been almost nonexistent. The chief delay occured at Mukden's outskirts, where General Tu waited for final arrangements to be made with the Russians...
...reported that the Russians had granted permission for Chiang's forces to occupy I) Changchun, Manchuria's capital, 2) Harbin, Northern Manchuria's rail hub, and 3) Dairen, Manchuria's most important harbor, where the Russians have trade rights. With these three cities, plus the Mukden arsenal and metropolis, the National Government would hold the keys to Manchuria's transport and industry...