chau

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We struggled for four hours before at last the irritating river was behind us In Liang-chau, a town of 100,000 inhabitants, with a quadrangular wall, handsome gates, and broad, busy streets, we stayed with some missionaries.

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  • TTIDA spokeswoman Liu Li-chau (劉莉秋) said yesterday that while the commission believed it was necessary to keep the public informed and said a precedent had been set by the US Federal Communications Commission and the Office of Communications in the UK, it had misinterpreted the two foreign regulatory bodies 'intentions in making certain information public. —  Taipei Times
  • Yu So-chau (Yu So Chow, Yu Suqui) was born in Beijing on July 9, 1930, the daughter of Peking opera maestro Yu Jim-yuen (Yu Zhanyuan). —  Kung Fu Cinema
  • Although still moving, and more or less under control, they were leaking steam and smoke from every crevice and opening, and ominous spirals of smoke were filtering up through the Yung-chau's decks. —  A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas
  • We struggled for four hours before at last the irritating river was behind us In Liang-chau, a town of 100,000 inhabitants, with a quadrangular wall, handsome gates, and broad, busy streets, we stayed with some missionaries. —  From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People
  • On September 13th General Kamio captured the railway station of Kiao-chau which stands at the head of the bay. —  History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War
 

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