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2 unusual facts about Battle of Beiping-Tianjin


Battle of Beiping–Tianjin

On 27 July, as the Japanese laid siege to Chinese forces in Tongzhou, one Chinese battalion broke out and fell back to Nanyuan.

However, a brigade of Chinese 38th Division under General Liu Chen-san pushed back the Japanese in the Langfang area while a brigade of the Chinese 53rd Corps and a portion of the Chinese 37th Division recovered the railway station at Fengtai.


American Concession

An area of Tianjin administered on a de facto basis between 1869–1880 under the aegis of the British concession.

Arthur Henderson Smith

Smith and his wife were attending a missionary conference in Tongzhou in May 1900 when all the missionaries in Northern China found it necessary to seek safety from the Boxers by fleeing to Beijing or Tianjin.

Caijindaxue Station

Caijindaxue Station (Chinese: 财经大学站), also known as Caijin University Station or Tianjin University of Finance & Economics Station, is an elevated rapid transit station located in Hexi District, Tianjin, China, adjacent to the main campus of the Tianjin University of Finance & Economics (TUFE).

Chang Tao-fan

In his early years, he went to Tianjin to live with his relative there, and graduated from Tianjin Nankai High School.

China Poly Group Corporation

Having its affiliated enterprises and projects in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Changsha, Tianjin, Harbin, Shenyang, Chongqing, Hainan, and Hong Kong etc., the Group Corporation has made significant achievements in capital scale, economic benefits, business management and system construction, characterized by professionalism, scale operation and optimal allocation of resources.

Dai Xianglong

On December 28, 2007, Dai resigned as mayor of Tianjin, and vice mayor Huang Xingguo succeeded him in this post.

FAW Tianjin

Ltd, while the other is a joint venture between Toyota and First Automobile Works in 2000 known as Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Co Ltd.

Fort Liscum

On September 6, 1900, the post was named Fort Liscum in honor of Colonel Emerson H. Liscum, who had died July 13, 1900 in Tianjin, China leading the U.S. Army's 9th Infantry Regiment as part of the Eight-Nation Alliance to put down the Boxer Rebellion.

Glorious Property Holdings

Projects include Sunshine Holiday in Tianjin and Shanghai Bay, situated along the Huangpu River.

Great Hsi-Ku Arsenal

On the banks of the Pei-ho River, it was located approximately eight miles northwest of Tientsin, China.

Hang Lung Group

Seeing the success of the Shanghai projects, the Group continued to expand its business to others parts of the Mainland such as Shenyang, Jinan, Wuxi, Tianjin, Dalian, and Kunming.

Irizar

Apart from its main plant in the Basque Country, which produces around 1000 bodies per year, Irizar also has factories in other countries: in Skhirat (Morocco), Tianjin (China), Botucatu (Brazil), Querétaro (México), Centurion (South Africa) and in Tamil Nadu (India) (in partnership with Ashok Leyland and TVS Motors).

James Munro Bertram

Together with Edgar Snow, they evacuated to Tientsin (Tianjin) with Zhou Enlai's wife Deng Yingchao disguised as Snow's household servant before finding their way back to Xian.

Jilin City

Jilin Railway Station is on the East-West Changchun-Tumen Railway mainline and provides convenient access to many cities around China, including Beijing, Tianjin, Dalian, Jinan, Hangzhou.

Laurence Brahm

Laurence Brahm studied Intensive Mandarin Language in 1981 at Nankai University in Tianjin, China near Beijing.

Li Jianguo

In his early years, he served in various posts in Tianjin, and used to be the secretary of Li Ruihuan, the then Party chief of Tianjin.

Long March 5

Instead, the rockets will be transported by sea from Tianjin to a new launch facility at Wenchang on Hainan Island.

Marian Chertow

She has appointments as visiting professor at the National University of Singapore and Nankai University in Tianjin, China.

Merrill B. Twining

In China he served with the 4th and 12th Marine Regiments at Shanghai, Taku, Hsin Ho, Tientsin, and Peking.

Nankai District

Nankai District is located in the south-west corner of the urban Tianjin, bordered by Hongqiao District to the north, Hebei and Heping Districts to the north-east, Hexi District to the east and Xiqing District to the south-west.

Paul Claudel

He was French consul in China (1895–1909), including consul in Shanghai (June 1895), and vice-consul in Fuzhou (October 1900), consul in Tianjin (Tientsin) (1906–1909), in Prague (December 1909), Frankfurt am Main (October 1911), Hamburg (October 1913), ministre plénipotentiaire in Rio de Janeiro (1916), Copenhagen (1920), ambassador in Tokyo (1922–1928), Washington, D.C. (1928–1933) and Brussels (1933–1936).

Peddle Thorp

The firm also designed the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, which was used in the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and the TEDA football (soccer) stadium in Tianjin, China.

Redbridge

Hongqiao District (meaning "Red Bridge"), a district in Tianjin, China

Rin Seikō

Later, he heard that China had signed a peace treaty with Japan in Tianjin.

Ryojun Guard District

Tasked primarily with coastal patrols of the Liaodong Peninsula and control of the strategic seaward approaches to Tianjin and Beijing, it was regarded as a prestigious posting, with its commander receiving his commission directly from the Emperor.

Self-Strengthening Movement

In 1870 a number of foreigners were killed during riots in the city of Tianjin.

As a result of treaties with the Western powers, the two ports of Tianjin and Shanghai were opened to Western trade.

Shi Family Grand Courtyard

Shi Family Grand Courtyard (Tiānjīn Shí Jiā Dà Yuàn, 天津石家大院) is situated in Yangliuqing Town of Xiqing District, which is the former residence of wealthy merchant Shi Yuanshi – the 4th son of Shi Wancheng, one of the eight great masters in Tianjin.

Shuanglin Station

Shuanglin Station (Chinese: 双林站) is an elevated rapid transit station located in Jinnan District, Tianjin, China, near the Tianjin University of Technology and Education.

Ta Kung Pao

The head office of Ta Kung Pao is located on Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island, with many offices in mainland China, such as in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Inner-Mongolia and Guangzhou.

The Chinese Novel at the Turn of the Century

The front page of the November 10, 1897 Guowen Bao (T: 國聞報, S: 国闻报, P: Guówén Bào, W: Kuo-wen Pao), a newspaper from Tianjin, is used as the front cover of the book.

Tianjin Campaign

The immediate consequence of the nationalist defeat in Tianjin Campaign was that the nationalist garrison of Tanggu, consisting of the 17th Army Group and five divisions from the 87th Army, had been completely isolated and had to withdraw via ocean, which in turn, worsened the overall situation for the nationalists during the Pingjin Campaign.

Tianjin International School

The Tianjin International School (TIS) is a non-profit private school in Hexi District of Tianjin, China.

Tianjin Medical University

In 2009, the Center for Molecular Medicine of Karolinska University Hospital and Tianjin Medical University announced an agreement to build the Sino-Swedish Center for Molecular Medicine.

Tianjin Museum

The museum lies in Yinhe Plaza in the Hexi District of Tianjin and covers an area of about 50,000 sq metres.

Tianjin No. 3 Middle School

Tianjin No. 3 Middle School is located on Xiangdong Road in Hongqiao District of Tianjin, China.

Tongzhou District, Beijing

Tongzhou District borders the Beijing districts of Shunyi, Chaoyang and Daxing, Wuqing District of Tianjin Municipality, and Langfang City (both the Sanhe City−Dachang CountyXianghe County exclave and Guangyang District) of Hebei province, and is 12 miles from Tiananmen Square and 10 miles from Beijing Capital International Airport.

Wenxiu

Along with Puyi and Empress Wanrong, Wenxiu left the Forbidden City in 1924, and moved to the Zhang Garden (张园) in the Japanese Concession of Tianjin.

Wu Ningkun

In 1952, after one year at Yenching University, Wu was transferred to Nankai University, Tianjin, where he met his wife, Li Yikai.

You Quan

In December 2012, You Quan was appointed the Communist Party Chief of coastal Fujian province, succeeding Sun Chunlan who was transferred to Tianjin municipality.

Zaifeng, Prince Chun

In 1928 Zaifeng moved to Tianjin, where he lived in the British and Japanese concessions.

Beginning on 5 February 1909, China held its first provincial assembly and local council elections (a council election was held in Tianjin as early as 1907).

Zaixun, Prince Zhuang

During the early Republican era, it was purchased by the warlord Li Chun (李純) and shifted to Tianjin, where a Li Family Shrine (now the Nankai Cultural Palace 南開文化宮) was built.

Zhao Dengyu

On July 27, 1937, during the Battle of Beiping-Tianjin, Zhao led an advance regiment to arrive at the headquarters of the 29th Army in Nanyuan, Beijing.

Zhengtai Campaign

The nationalist forces in North China concentrated on protecting important regions including: the BeijingShijiazhuang section of BeijingHankou Railway, the BeijingZhangjiakou section of BeijingSuiyuan Railway, Northern section of Tatong – Fengling Crossing Railway, BeijingShanhaiguan section of BeijingShenyang Railway, and the iron triangular region of BeijingBaodingTianjin region.


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