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The longest city walls in China, built in large part by the early Ming Emperors, encircle the strange city of Nanking. Seven times it has been the capital of Chinese dynasties, as it is today the capital of the republic, and Nanking was old when Jesus was a babe in...
Japanese editors praised Admiral Hasegawa for "his Samurai-like and knightly attitude" in giving advance warning to the foe. Since in modern times accepted Japanese strategy has been a knife-in-the-back thrust without warning, the Samurai-Admiral appeared almost a freak. To get to Nanking before the deadline...
One night last week Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek did not go to bed at all in his headquarters at Nanking. What was keeping him awake was not only the north and Shanghai fronts, but the city of Haichow where there was as yet no fighting at all, a seaport south...
Keeping out of the streets was not enough for the harassed citizens of Nanking, 195 mi. up the Yangtze. Giving warning to all foreigners to quit the city at once, Japan prepared for a mass bombing raid aimed at the total destruction of Nanking with a dress rehearsal in which...
Subscriptions which travel through the cities of Shanghai, Peiping, Nanking, Hankow, and Canton have been affected.