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Murray, John,
128
Musicians,
330
Myself a Mandarin
(Coates),
9n
Nagqu,
397
,
398
Nakhi people,
303
,
328–31
,
334
,
336
,
337
,
365
Nanjin Pass,
232
Nanjing,
19
,
106
,
114
,
115–46
,
154
,
202
,
211,
216
,
366
Nanjing Treaty Museum,
142–5
Nanking Incident of 1927,
121
,
142
Nanking, Rape of,
131–5
Nation
, The,
285
National Geographic
,
378
National Geographic Society,
334
,
351
National People's Congress,
240
,
251
National Security Council (NSC),
31
Nationalists,
314
,
315
Nautical charts,
29–30
,
409
Navy, Chinese,
53–5
Needham, Joseph,
410
New Chinese Army,
207
New Rapid,
273
,
279
New York City Comptroller's Investment Responsibility Office,
252
New York World
,
285
Ningbo,
40
,
47
,
72
Ningjing Range,
394
North-China Daily News,
210
Observer
,
408
Odyssey Guide to Sichuan
,
409
On Leaving Bai Di Cheng
(Walker),
411
Oolong tea,
181
Opium divans,
72–3
Opium trade,
176–9
,
213
Opium Wars,
29
,
57
,
76
,
143
,
177
,
204
Oriental Pearl Television Tower,
66–9
,
82
,
86
Otters,
283
Pagodas,
160–62
Palaeontological discoveries,
291–4
Palin, Michael,
342
Palmerston, Lord,
57
,
143
Panay
(gunboat),
285
Panchen Lama,
401
P‘an-ku,
362
Panzhihua,
311
,
315
,
322
,
324
,
366
Paracel Islands,
53
Parasites,
195
Peach Blossom Hotel,
248–50
Pearl River,
3
,
87
,
88
,
197
,
217
Pearl Rocks,
271
,
272
Peking.
See
Beijing
Peking Man,
293
,
294
Peng Dehuai,
188–92
People's Daily
,
189–90
People's Liberation Army (PLA),
107
,
113
,
188
,
190
People's Park,
75
People's Square,
75
,
86
People's Theatre,
173
,
186–7
,
188
Pepper wood,
389
,
390
Perucia Dam,
244
Pickering, J.V.,
134
Pictorial History of China Navigation Company Limited
,
412
Pidgin English,
74–5
Pingshan,
136
,
300
,
304
Pioneer
(ship),
268–9
Plagues,
138
Plant Memorial,
274–6
Plant, Cornell,
265
,
267
,
268–74
,
337
,
345
,
411
Poetry,
217–18
Policemen,
72
,
79
,
119–20
,
388–9
,
393–5
Polo, Marco,
91
,
100–101
,
265
Pottinger, Sir Henry,
143
Poyang Lake,
157
,
165
,
246
Princess Jeannie
(ship),
91
Printing house,
389–91
Prosperous Kingdom Guest House,
65–6
Prostitution,
72–4
,
78–9
,
146
Pu Lan Tian.
See
Plant, Cornell
Pu Ping,
312
Pu Yi,
21
,
130
,
206
,
211
Public Security Bureau,
28
,
304
,
330
,
372
Putonghua
(common speech),
26
Qamdo,
389
,
393
,
395
,
397
Qemo Ho Lake,
351
,
352–3
Qian Shan Po,
277
Qianlong, Emperor,
155
Qiatou,
346
,
356
Qin dynasty,
158
Qing dynasty,
15
,
95
,
121
,
143
,
174
,
209
,
276
,
360
,
375
,
376
,
379
Qingdao,
220
Qinghai province,
33
,
245
,
333
,
343
,
374
,
393
Qiyang,
143
Qumar stream,
351
Qutang Gorge,
271
Rabe, John,
133
Rafting expeditions,
353–9
Railway Protection Movement,
207
,
209
Railways,
57–61
,
129
,
205–10
,
370
Rainfall,
151–53
,
158
Ransomes and Rapier,
59
Rape of Nanking,
131
,
134
Rapids,
305–6
,
345–9
,
357
Red Army,
306
,
313–14
Red Basin,
225
,
265
,
294
,
295
,
375
Red Guards,
201
,
275
,
340
,
383
Red River,
3
,
366
,
367
Red tea,
180
Regal China Company,
258
Renmin Wenbao
,
169
Retention basins,
158
Rice industry,
184
Riding the Dragon's Back
(Bangs & Kallen),
412–13

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