Ch'ing
Americannoun
adjective
Example Sentences
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“Chiang Ch’ing was an actress before she met Mao,” she said recently.
From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2011
On a visit to the agricultural commune of Tachai, Chiang Ch'ing "arrived by special train with an entourage of 100 persons," recalled a local official.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ubiquitous presence of these uniquely Chinese ideological weapons�wall posters�testified to the relentless campaign being carried out by party leaders against Chiang Ch'ing, the widow of Mao Tse-tung.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the leader of the radical "Gang of Four"* accused of attempting to seize power after Mao's death last September, Chiang Ch'ing is pictured as a scheming empress of days long past.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Your suggestion is all very good," Ch'ing Wen demurred, "but how could I suppress this resentment?"
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft
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