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Chinwangtao
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en Qinhuangdao.
en 1904 C. D. Tenney zh:中國<t:The Chinese Empire> Geography of Asia https://archive.org/details/geographyofasia00tennrich/ New York w:MacMillan and Co 182639088 6 https://archive.org/details/geographyofasia00tennrich/page/6/ Chʻing-wang-tao (zh 秦皇島) is a deep water port on the Gulf of Pechili, and is important as a port for the shipping of coal, and also as the winter port for the exports and imports of Tientsin.
en 1951 w:Herbert Hoover The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover, Years of Adventure 1874-1920 https://archive.org/details/memoirsofherbert0000hoov/ New York w:Macmillan Company 901053599 10587103M 37 https://archive.org/details/memoirsofherbert0000hoov/page/37/ The problem of building the new port at Chinwangtao with its railway connections and of opening an additional coal mine with more modern equipment constituted something concrete that I could get a hold upon.
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