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Word: shanghai (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Super-Tuchun Sun Chuan-feng, "War lord of Shanghai," appeared to have gone to Wu's aid too late (TIME, Sept. 20) and was experiencing difficulty last week in holding against the Communists one of his military strongholds, Nanchang, only 400 miles from Shanghai...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Communist Victories | 10/4/1926 | See Source »

...city of Wanhsien, some 1,200 miles up the Yangtze river from Shanghai, became suddenly last week of world importance as Chinese mercenaries battled there with two tiny British river warships...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Britain Baited | 9/20/1926 | See Source »

...Shanghai Gesture-Oriental wickedness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: In Manhattan | 9/20/1926 | See Source »

Rosalie Summerfield married Herbert Day Lamson at Exeter Aug. 13 and set out immediately for Shanghai, China, where he will become member of the faculty of Shanghai Baptist College...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 30, 1926 | 8/30/1926 | See Source »

...play in which a nymphomaniac went to a bordello and took on a Japanese. (The Shanghai Gesture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Arraigment | 6/28/1926 | See Source »

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