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Over the Gulf of Chihli, in hazy weather, she lost her formation.
From Time Magazine Archive
So late as 1852 its waters principally flowed into the Yellow Sea at a point some 300 miles below its present main issuance into the Gulf of Chihli.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the North, Chang was busy moving troops over the frontiers between Manchuria and the Province of Chihli.
From Time Magazine Archive
Super-Tuchun Wu, of Chihli and many another province, "strongest man in China," military backbone of the Peking Government.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the latter field he had had the able assistance of Dr. Tenney, and succeeded in making the schools of the province of Chihli an example for the Empire.
From The Awakening of China by Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons)
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