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Paoting

British  
/ ˈpaʊˈtɪŋ /

noun

  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Baoding

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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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Chen Cheng had the good political fortune to graduate in the last class at Paoting and teach the first class at Wham poa.

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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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Some 200 farmers near Paoting, 90 miles south of Peiping, devote two nights a week to demolition work.

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Last week they were moving on Paoting, 90 miles from Peiping.

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