Paoting
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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At China's Paoting Military Academy in 1906, he got high marks, though he was the only student who did not wear a queue; in those days queuelessness was a sign of dangerous, republican thoughts.
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In the early years of the republic, Paoting Military Academy turned out eight classes of men who helped implement the revolution of Sun Yat-sen and who now command about one-third of China's 300-odd divisions.
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Some 200 farmers near Paoting, 90 miles south of Peiping, devote two nights a week to demolition work.
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Japanese airmen, still looking for these Chinese forces last week, flew 85 miles down the railway up which the Chinese were supposed to be coming and impudently bombed the important city of Paoting.
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Last week they were moving on Paoting, 90 miles from Peiping.
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