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... Shanghai , and Tientsin ) . The island province of Taiwan , which has been under separate administration since 1949 , is discussed in the article TAIWAN . Peking , the capital of the People's Republic , is also the cultural , economic ...
... Shanghai , and Tientsin ) . The island province of Taiwan , which has been under separate administration since 1949 , is discussed in the article TAIWAN . Peking , the capital of the People's Republic , is also the cultural , economic ...
Page 60
... Shanghai as its administrative centre . The southern district extends south from Amoy to the Vietnamese border , with Canton as the administrative centre . Most of the oceangoing routes begin from the ports of Lü - ta , Ch'in - huang ...
... Shanghai as its administrative centre . The southern district extends south from Amoy to the Vietnamese border , with Canton as the administrative centre . Most of the oceangoing routes begin from the ports of Lü - ta , Ch'in - huang ...
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... Shanghai . Foreigners and many upper - class Chinese fled from the provinces under Nationalist control . The northern armies began to form an alliance against the Southerners . Conservative Nationalist leaders in Shanghai mobilized ...
... Shanghai . Foreigners and many upper - class Chinese fled from the provinces under Nationalist control . The northern armies began to form an alliance against the Southerners . Conservative Nationalist leaders in Shanghai mobilized ...
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