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American-British aircraft competition in South China, 1926-1936

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Between the years of 1926 and 1936 the Americans and British competed for the military aviation development programs asked for by South China. The author maintains the United States and Britain contributed to the development of military aviation in South China, with the United States dominating the military aviation market in Kwangtung and Britain dominating the same market in Kwangi.

Author: Xu, Guangqiu
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 2001
United Kingdom, United States, International trade, International aspects, Chinese foreign relations, Military aspects, United States foreign relations, British foreign relations, Defense programs, Military policy, Airplanes, Military, Military airplanes, Military assistance, American, American military assistance, Aeronautics, Military, Military aviation, Military assistance, British, British military assistance

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Chongqing's most wanted: worker mobility and resistance in China's nationalist arsenals, 1937-1945

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The social change and conflict in the Nationalist controlled territory, the wartime capital of Chongqing's working class is examined. An argument that the workers' grievances and discontent with the management encouraged mobility, which in turn became a real and perceived form of resistance, is presented.

Author: Howard, Joshua H.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 2003
Economic aspects, Labor mobility, Chongqing, China, Labour mobility, Nationalists

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The death of Tiaoxi (the 'Leaping Play'): ritual theatre in the northwest of China

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The views of masked ritual theatre and the historical processes in China are presented in relation to the fieldwork in Heyang. The historical process of Tiaoxi, the 'Leaping Play' in the Heyang area is repeatedly reconstituted as a result of the natural and humanly-instigated disasters.

Author: Holm, David
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 2003
Theaters, Theater management, Theatre management

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