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Chinghai

British  
/ ˈtʃɪŋˈhaɪ /

noun

  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Qinghai

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From Sining, capital of his own Chinghai province, where he has been lord and governor since 1936, he sent a column of his Moslem cavalry to Lanchow.

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Ma's army, about 250,000 strong, has drawn heavily on Chinghai manpower.

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In Chinghai, trees mean greenery and water, life and abundance.

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He kept inflation out of Chinghai; today one silver dollar, worth about one U.S. dollar, will buy 200 eggs or five live sheep.

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Still, as the Chinese showed no readiness to come to terms, another town, which lies on the opposite side of the bay in which Chinghai is situated, called Chapoo, was attacked.

From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by Kingston, William Henry Giles