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Word: shihkiach (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Walk, Don't Run." At Shihkiach-wang, railroad hub on the Peiping-Han-kow line some 175 miles south of Peiping, an American reported perceptible economic progress since, his visit six months earlier. The Communists had started many small industries-weaving shops, flour mills, brick kilns, foundries, machine shops-which are flourishing. He found wealthy merchants still operating. Many women had permanents which they got in reopened beauty shops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Now that the Kettle Is Ours | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

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