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With a few strong-footed friends he tramped through the Western Hills of Chihli Province to find an ancient Trappist monastery that he had heard of 23 years before on his first visit to China.
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
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
Communiques stated that some fighting had taken place at Shanhaikwan, a few miles over the border, and near Jehol in the heart of Chihli and about 100 miles north-east of Peking.
From Time Magazine Archive
The neutrals, arriving in advance of the belligerents, opened negotiations with the Viceroy of Chihli, which might have added supplementary articles, but must have left the old treaties substantially unchanged.
From The Awakening of China by Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons)
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