Word: nankingers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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By President Hoover's decree 79 foreign cities last week found themselves officially designated as unhealthy places. Effect of the Hoover order: a U. S. diplomat or consul who serves one year in any of 79 "pest holes'' gets credit for 18 months toward his retirement. World...
Last week Dr. C. C. Wu, Chinese Minister at Washington, did a Robert E. Lee. Since 1929 he has represented the ''Chinese Government" which is the ''Nanking Government"?Nanking being a city in central China. Recently China's southern gentlemen in Canton staged a revolution (TiME, May 11), set...
As a southern gentleman Dr. Wu could only do what he did last week. He resigned as the Minister in Washington of central Nanking.
¶ Relations between the three-week-old Canton Government and three-year-old Nanking Government (the one recognized as the de jure Government of China by all Great Powers) settled down last week to a threat of war plus an agreement to divide customs revenues.
While protesting the iniquity of Canton, Nanking agreed nevertheless to let the Southerners collect customs revenues in their area without hindrance.