Sining
Britishnoun
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From Sining, capital of his own Chinghai province, where he has been lord and governor since 1936, he sent a column of his Moslem cavalry to Lanchow.
From Time Magazine Archive
The expedition against Sining failed, and the rapid advance of a Chinese army compelled the retreat of Zeren Donduk without having attained any permanent success.
From China by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
Kinshun, who had now been joined by Liu Kintang, the taotai of the Sining district and a man of proved energy and capacity, resolved to concentrate all his efforts on its capture.
From China by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
The charge seems to have been based on slender evidence, but it sufficed to cause the banishment of this personage and all his family to Sining.
From China by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
Sining was visited also by Huc and Gabet, who are unsatisfactory, as usually on geographical matters.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry
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