Hangchow
Britishnoun
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Famous for its silks and teas, Hangchow is a favorite resort of China's leaders.
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Apparently determined to make the Hangchow case an example for the country, Peking decided to publish accounts of the entire incident.
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He disappears for long stretches, reportedly to meditate in his navilion facing lovely West Lake in Hangchow.
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To train young Chinese aviators at the great aviation school at Hangchow, the Nationalist Government had borrowed Col.
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Up to 1861, when it was laid in ruins by the T’aip’ings, Hangchow continued to maintain its position as one of the most flourishing cities in the empire.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
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