Word: hwa
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bounced across north Szechwan, Tso Tsen-hwa, tax collector for the Chinese Government, sat squeezed among his fellow passengers and their luggage. Suddenly the brakes screeched. Outside were eight bandits...
...passengers were lined up, stripped of money and valuables. Tso Tsen-hwa was the last man in line. When the bandits reached him, he spoke out: "At last I have caught you! I am the tax collector. You are engaging in business and you are evading taxes...
...bandits were ashamed. They stood by as Tso Tsen-hwa inspected their loot, calculated its value at $5,000,000 (Chinese, inflated). "The business tax," he said, "is 3.35%; $120,000 will be sufficient. Since Government regulations provide that itinerant traders may pay their taxes directly to the collector, I will class you as itinerants and conclude the transaction on the spot...
...bandits counted out $120,000 from their loot. Solemnly the tax collector gave them in return the official $4 tax stamps. Then the bandits made off for the hills. Tso Tsen-hwa and his fellow passengers climbed back into the bus, continued on their...
Then, just as quickly and to the tune of triumphant Chungking communiqués, they drew back again, holding the important lakehead town of Hwa-jung (pronounced hwa-roong). The Chinese mounted diversionary attacks farther north, on the line between Ichang and Anlu...