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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...home province of Kwangsi. To the east, units of one-eyed Red General Liu Po-cheng's armies moved into the towns of Nanping and Shahsien in Fukien province, putting Communist vanguards within 300 miles of the refugee Nationalist capital in Canton. In Canton, Garrison Commander Yeh Shao issued a proclamation declaring the city to be in a state of war, advised citizens who could to return to their native villages. One member of the legislative yuan criticized Yeh. "It is bad to talk like this," he said. "If we think the Communists may take Canton, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Defend the Graveyard | 5/30/1949 | See Source »

Chief of the Red quintet that will face Premier Ho's delegation is Chou Enlai, Mao's eloquent first lieutenant. Backing him up will be General Yeh Chien-ying, Communist army chief of staff and now mayor of Peiping. When he took office in February, Yeh told Peiping's municipal workers: "I often make mistakes and I welcome correction. But I would not welcome it chalked on the toilet wall." Other Red delegates: General Lin Piao, conqueror of Manchuria; Lin Po-chu, chairman of the Communist Shensi-Kansu-Ningsia border government; Li Weihan, Communist party whip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Iron Glove v. Soft Mitten | 4/4/1949 | See Source »

...Flying Saucers have been reported over China, but we have been troubled by Flying Thudwunks-or, as the Chinese call them, Celestial Whang-bongs. Our one-eyed wash coolie, Yeh, sighted an unusual bright green Thudwunk two evenings ago whizzing across the thatched roofs of the native village next door to our house on Columbia Road-or, as the Chinese call it, Pan-yu Lu-and has become, as a result, a neighborhood hero...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jul. 21, 1947 | 7/21/1947 | See Source »

Their voices were drowned out by cheers. Tiny, 60-year-old Mrs. Ella Flickinger, of East Cleveland, rose, fixed her eye on Dr. Townsend and a stage full of tentatively sympathetic Congressmen, and yelled: "Yeh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ORGANIZATIONS: The Crusaders | 7/7/1947 | See Source »

Over the roar that followed the Doctor's speech sounded Mrs. Flickinger's indomitable cry: "Yeh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ORGANIZATIONS: The Crusaders | 7/7/1947 | See Source »

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