Word: changsha
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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...numbers grew from a few thousand to a quarter of a million. Those Chinese against the move were terrorized into submission. All Chinese were exhorted to "assassinate foreign police," "assassinate foreigners connected with the law courts." The general situation grew worse as each day passed. The strike spread to Changsha and Nanking, capitals of Hunan and Kiangsu. Sniping tactics were bgeun. Officials from Peking arrived, opened a conference with the Chinese and foreign authorities. Canton. The situation at Canton began with sympathy parades for the Shanghai strikers. Threats against the foreign population at Canton and Hong-Kong were heard. Foreign...
...clear day, the students of Yali College, Changsha (Yale-in-China), were engaged in a football* game against Boone University of Wuchang. Play was heated; the referee was somnolent; a bullethead from Yali altercated with a slant-eyed Wuchang. Fists flew; both teams stopped to watch the scufflers. Suddenly, into the melee, came pelting a gentleman in a long gown of scholarly silk-Professor Kau (Yali). Forthwith, he smote down the Yali scuffler, strode away...