Hangchow
Britishnoun
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He disappears for long stretches, reportedly to meditate in his navilion facing lovely West Lake in Hangchow.
From Time Magazine Archive
There would possibly be two meetings with Mao, one in Hangchow at week's end when the Nixons and the Chairman may go boating on mist-shrouded West Lake.
From Time Magazine Archive
I saw Chou again seven days later in Hangchow, one of the beauty spots of China.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last year, when radical leaders were unable to quell labor disturbances in several Hangchow factories, it was Teng, with military support, who successfully took charge of ending the troubles.
From Time Magazine Archive
Suchow, the Paris of the Far East, is coupled with Hangchow in a popular rhyme, which represents the two as paragon cities: "Shang yu t'ien t'ang hia yu Su-Hang."
From The Awakening of China by Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons)
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