Ch'en
Americannoun
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Ch'en Hsi-lien, commander of the Peking military region, and Wang Tung-hsing, head of the secret police, have also come under attack.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ch'en Ho-kuang, 39, and his wife Wang Yen-liu, 36, are field hands on the Ta Li People's Commune near Canton.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once a peasant guerrilla fighter, Ch'en rose through the ranks of the Red Army.
From Time Magazine Archive
These maneuvers were also calculated to erode the authority of Peking Regional Commander Ch'en Hsi-lien, who is now ostensibly Fu's superior.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the other hand, in 598, even the barbarian King of Ts'u was "a sage," because, having conquered the orthodox state of Ch'en, he magnanimously renounced his conquest.
From Ancient China Simplified by Parker, Edward Harper
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