Word: sino
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...imports came from Britain, British India and Hong Kong, and 70% of China's exports were going to British ports. But the heyday of the British merchants began after the Suez Canal was opened, with steam packets pushing the sailing clippers off the seas. It lasted until the Sino-Japanese War, which followed by World War II, shook loose the British grip on China. But in 1946 Jardine's had regained 50% of the tea trade...
...marriage an parenthood; and still in our very early 20s. Yes, we're a generation who can't remember when a bitter war wasn't raging somewhere Why, the first newspaper I recall seeing was the Herald Tribune's rotogravure section with pictures of the Sino-Japanese war in Manchuria. Most of us never knew a President who wasn't named Franklin or Harry...
...thing is certain," he continued. "The treaty cements the Sino-Russian relationship. The one thing they have in common is fear of a strong, pro-United States Japan...
...Benjamin Harrison's Secretary of State. He was to leave a deep impression on his grandson-recounting his adventures and opening up a world of great events, as man & boy sat hour after hour fishing in Lake Ontario. In 1895, grandfather Foster helped negotiate the end of the Sino-Japanese War, with the Treaty of Shimonoseki...
Lattimore was pleased, he wrote Carter, at the I.P.R.'s plans to survey the issues of the Sino-Japanese War. "I think that you are pretty cagey in turning over so much of the China section of the inquiry to Asiaticus, Han-seng and Chi [all since identified as Chinese Communists], They will bring out the absolutely essential radical aspects, but can be depended on to do it with the right touch...