Word: shanghai
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Attempts were also made to induce both sides to designate a neutral zone surrounding Shanghai. It was not known if they were successful...
Peace. It has been said, perhaps too often, that money has frequently stopped a Chinese War. Perhaps with that in view, the Shanghai merchants essayed to bring about agreement between the threatening troops. The chances of success were said to be small...
...breaking out between the provincial authorities of Kiangsu and Chekiang, feel it our duty to repeat and reaffirm in the most solemn manner the obligations of the Chinese Government in the present crisis, to prevent loss of life and property to members of the foreign community in and around Shanghai...
With trouble brewing around Shanghai, ten warships were sent to the harbor to watch over the inhabitants of the city and its outlying area. Rear Admiral David Murray Anderson, of the British Navy, was designated Commander-in-Chief of all foreign vessels: four American, three British, three Japanese...
...Shanghai is an extraterritorial foreign settlement situated at the extreme southeat of the Province of Kiangsu. Its great harbor is indispensible to foreign trade in China. Its political importance can be gauged when it is stated that all Chinese political refugees find protection within its borders...