Meanings
- datedDated form of Chengde.
Meanwhile, government forces landed in the now pacified port of Hulutao, whence they moved north to Shenyang and west toward Chengteh, capital of Jehol.
1980, James Reardon-Anderson, Yenan and the Great Powers: the Origins of Chinese Communist Foreign Policy, 1944-1946, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1253 more examples
When the Japanese started their final drive on February 27 they met practically no opposition. March 3 they marched into Chengteh, the Jehol capital, without firing a shot.
1938, Robert Berkov, Strong Man of China: The Story of Chiang Kai-shek, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, →OCLC, →OL, page 157A general Communist withdrawal from Chengteh, Jehol, after local militia men had cut their supply route on June 9, was reported by a Government spokesman to-day.
1948 June 18, “Communist Retreat: Chinese Govt. Troops Recapture Five Cities in Shantung”, in The Bombay Chronicle, page 8The sixth province was Jehol, with its capital at Chengteh. Jehol was originally regarded as a part of Inner Mongolia but has been considered Manchurian territory since 1931.
1955, George B. Cressey, Land of the 500 Million: A Geography of China, McGraw-Hill Company, Inc., →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 290
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