Urumchi
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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General Chu Shao-liang flew to Urumchi for the first exploratory talks in March 1942.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is two days by plane to Urumchi and then two weeks by ancient truck across the drifting, trackless desert to Kashgar near the Russian border.
From Time Magazine Archive
A U.S. consulate had been established at Urumchi in March; in September a British consul arrived.
From Time Magazine Archive
Traffic in Urumchi this fall was back again on the left side of the road, as in Central China.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last year the first caravans left Feng-chen with wireless equipment for the eighteen hundred mile journey across Mongolia to Urumchi in the very heart of central Asia.
From Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' by Andrews, Roy Chapman
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