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... Shensi and Kansu originated from clashes between the Chinese and Muslims in those provinces . Religious antipathy must be taken into account , but more impor- tant were the social and political factors . In the frontier provinces the ...
... Shensi and Kansu originated from clashes between the Chinese and Muslims in those provinces . Religious antipathy must be taken into account , but more impor- tant were the social and political factors . In the frontier provinces the ...
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... Shensi , a main highway follows the route of an ancient post road from Pao - chi to Ch'eng - tu in Szechwan . The first railway to reach Shensi was the Lung - hai line , the great east - west trunk line from the sea at Lien - yün- kang ...
... Shensi , a main highway follows the route of an ancient post road from Pao - chi to Ch'eng - tu in Szechwan . The first railway to reach Shensi was the Lung - hai line , the great east - west trunk line from the sea at Lien - yün- kang ...
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... Shensi alone , with some single counties in the fertile Wei Valley losing more than 100,000 people each . As a result of the terrible death toll in the last decades of the 19th century , Shensi became a haven for a wave of land - hungry ...
... Shensi alone , with some single counties in the fertile Wei Valley losing more than 100,000 people each . As a result of the terrible death toll in the last decades of the 19th century , Shensi became a haven for a wave of land - hungry ...
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CHINA | 36 |
CHINESE LITERATURE | 231 |
CHORDATES CHRISTIANITY | 251 |
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