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Tihwa

British  
/ ˈtiːˈhwɑː /

noun

  1. a former name for Urumchi

"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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They decided to trek out of embattled Tihwa by truck and jeep, over the age-old route across the mighty Himalayas to India.

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John Hall Paxton, U.S. consul general at Tihwa, in China's far western Sinkiang Province, was eager to take his well-earned leave.

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Lost from sight in deepest Siberia for three weeks, Henry Wallace flew into Tihwa in a high wind of publicity.

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Two months later they were loaded on a truck and sent to Tihwa.

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Old China Hand Paxton, brought up in the Orient by missionary parents, was U.S. consul at Tihwa, in China's far western Sinkiang province, when Communist armies began pressing close.

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