Word: nanning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Little Brother. Chen Cheng is certainly a favorite. He is the only one of Chiang Kai-shek's generals whom the Generalissimo addresses by the Chinese diminutive, ti, "little brother." He rivals much-talked-of General Hu Tsung-nan, leader of the influential "Whampoa Clique," as candidate to succeed the Generalissimo. He and Hu are the only two generals who are permitted to receive orders direct from the Generalissimo without the countersignature of politically powerful Minister for War Ho Ying-chin...
...Cheeloo, Fukien Christian, Ginling, Hangchow Christian, Hua Chung, Hwa Nan, Lingan, Nanking, St. John's, Shanghai, Soochow, West China Union, Yenching...