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Word: yamen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

While grim Japanese moved to crush Jehol in the jaws of a major offensive, short, stout, redoubtable Governor Tang Yulin put on a one-man Chinese rodeo in his yamen at Chengteh, delighted correspondents with Chinese cowboy feats. (Jehol has been called China's "Wild East...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA-JAPAN: Two-Gun Tang | 3/6/1933 | See Source »

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