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Word: sino (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...last 76 pages, covering the Sino-Japanese war, hardly do more than scratch the surface of the contemporary Chinese scene. But Moment in Peking, far superior to Author Lin's whimsical The Importance of Living, may well become the classic background novel of modern China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Big Little Talk | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...Japanese newsman reply. 3) Chinese newsman reply reply. 4) Chinese prostitute sing a song. 5) Japanese prostitute gave some performance. 6) Everyone drank three cups. 7) Gen. Chi led to sing 2 military songs (composed by himself) the 1st one is to build an army policy, the 2nd one Sino-Japanese cooperation. 8) Japanese prostitute gave two performances. 9) Chinese prostitute sang songs. 10) Japanese prostitute performed, 11) Guests offer performances. 12) Everyone drank 3 cups. 13) Discussion and exchange of opinions. The press reports that it is a heroic as well as romantic meeting, heroic because so many generals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Shoptalk | 7/24/1939 | See Source »

Last week New Yorkers who were willing to make the trip down to 175 Canal St. and up four flights of stairs had a chance to note the effect of the Sino-Japanese war upon the minds of American-born Chinese children aged 4 to 16. The children's first National Art Exhibition, staged by the alert four-year-old Chinese Art Club, had gathered 550 drawings and paintings from every part of the country, including Honolulu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Tot Shows | 7/17/1939 | See Source »

...Tientsin affair was over, that the Japanese, who had agreed to a conference at Tokyo, were willing to settle it as an isolated problem without discussing the fundamental issues-Britain's rights in her Chinese settlements and her privilege to help whom she pleases in the Sino-Japanese War. The British were heartened when the Japanese eased the blockade of the British Concession at Tientsin; partial milk delivery was resumed, food became more plentiful, and the stripping of British subjects was discontinued...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Necessary Action | 7/10/1939 | See Source »

Marshall's address was a sketch of Sino-Japanese-American relations since the Revolution, with special emphasis on the part after...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: America May Fortify Guam, Marshall Tells '42 Group | 2/28/1939 | See Source »

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