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, in,
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exasperation with the situation in Shanghai,
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First Opium War,
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59
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General Staff Operations Division,
135
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142
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145
Gu Qingzhen, Chinese boy,
107
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Guangdong province,
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Han Suyin, Chinese writer,
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Hangzhou Bay,
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