Chang’s requests that at least a part of his forces be sent to counter the Japanese in the threatened province of Suiyuan were adamantly refused. Even these direct orders, however, failed to put Chang and Yang in the field against the CCP during November; and on December 4, Chiang returned to Sian, to replace Chang if he could not command him to act.

Junks from Pakhoi, Hoihow and Tinpak, in the south-west, commenced in 1846 a prosperous trade with Hongkong.

They have developed a particularly obnoxious form of ungood duckspeak. 'Friendly fire' and 'collateral damage' are only the most obvious examples...

to account for one's whereabouts    to care for a relative    to settle for second best    to allow for mistakes