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Tihwa

British  
/ ˈtiːˈhwɑː /

noun

  1. a former name for Urumchi

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Washington had granted permission, but there was still a question: How to get out of Tihwa?

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In the midst of the conflict, Chungking recalled General Sheng from Tihwa, installed General Wu Chung-hsin as governor and General Chu Shao-liang as military chief.

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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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