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Proper noun
Chengteh
- Dated form of Chengde.
1938, Robert Berkov, Strong Man of China: The Story of Chiang Kai-shek, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, →OCLC, →OL, page 157:When the Japanese started their final drive on February 27 they met practically no opposition. March 3 they marched into Chengteh, the Jehol capital, without firing a shot.
1948 June 18, “Communist Retreat: Chinese Govt. Troops Recapture Five Cities in Shantung”, in The Bombay Chronicle, page 8:A general Communist withdrawal from Chengteh, Jehol, after local militia men had cut their supply route on June 9, was reported by a Government spokesman to-day.
1955, George B. Cressey, Land of the 500 Million: A Geography of China, McGraw-Hill Company, Inc., →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 290:The sixth province was Jehol, with its capital at Chengteh. Jehol was originally regarded as a part of Inner Mongolia but has been considered Manchurian territory since 1931.
1980, James Reardon-Anderson, Yenan and the Great Powers: the Origins of Chinese Communist Foreign Policy, 1944-1946, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 125:Meanwhile, government forces landed in the now pacified port of Hulutao, whence they moved north to Shenyang and west toward Chengteh, capital of Jehol.
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