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Kwantien
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Etymology
From the en zh-postal -en 1915 March Index to the New Map of China (In English and Chinese). https://archive.org/details/mapofchinashan/ Second Shanghai Far Eastern Geographical Establishment 829435521 37 https://archive.org/details/mapofchinashan/page/37/ The romanisation adopted isthat used by the Chinese Post Office.Kwantien ... ... zh 寬甸 Shengking ... zh 盛京 ... 40.42N 124.49E of en cmn 寬甸//.
Proper noun
en Kuandian.
en 1950 December List of Border Violations by US Planes China Monthly Review https://archive.org/details/per_china-monthly-review_china-weekly-review_1950-12_119_4/ w:Hsinhua News Agency 9189637 141 https://archive.org/details/per_china-monthly-review_china-weekly-review_1950-12_119_4/page/141/ 1 At 17:45 hours August 29, four American planes reconnoitred over Lakooshao of Kwantien county, then flew over Changtienhokow of Kwantien county, where they strafed civilian boats, killing one fisherman and wounding two others.
en 1952 March 27, 1952 Ma Shih-chun CRIMINAL ACT AGAINST MANKIND Stop U.S. Germ Warfare! 3 https://archive.org/details/stop-us-germ-warfare-3/ Peking The Chinese People's Committee for World Peace 8669664 23 https://archive.org/details/stop-us-germ-warfare-3/page/23/ I have seen the germ bomb dropped by the American imperialists over Kwantien County and have examined specimens of infected insects.
en April 16, 1952 April 1, 1952 Chen Chi-yuan; et al. Report of the Northeast China Group of the Commission For Investigating the American Crime of Waging Bacteriological Warfare Statements and Reports on the American Crime of Waging Bacteriological Warfare in China and Korea https://archive.org/details/per_papers-of-wed-du-bois_the-papers-of-web-du-bois_1803-1965_reel-69/ 758514344 3 https://archive.org/details/per_papers-of-wed-du-bois_the-papers-of-web-du-bois_1803-1965_reel-69/page/n84/ 2 At 12:52 in the afternoon of March 12, eight American planes flew over from the west to the east. Han Yung-pin, owner of Tungchuho Grocery inside the south gate of Kwantien county seat testified that he saw one of these planes drop a white-coloured object which fell very slowly.
en January 27, 1953 Lindesay Parrot U.S. Ace Taken in Manchuria As Sabre Crashed, Reds Say CII !34,702 1 https://archive.org/details/sim_new-york-times_the-new-york-times_1953-01-27_102_34702/ 4 The Government-controlled Peiping broadcast, monitored here, said the plane was an F-86 Sabre jet, one of a group of four that flew over Kwantien County of Liaotung Province at 11:45 A. M.
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