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county (万县; Wànxiàn). In the 19th century, it was known in English as Wanhsien and Wan County. In 1935, it became Wanxian Prefecture (万县专区). On 12 December...

acutidens or Wanhsien tiger is an extinct tiger subspecies, which was scientifically described in 1928 based on fossils excavated near Wanhsien in southern...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wanxian (formerly spelled Wanhsien; Latin: Dioecesis Uanscienensis; Chinese: 天主教萬縣教區), also known as Diocese of Wanzhou,...

event which Cockchafer was involved in was the Wanhsien Incident in August and September 1926. Wanhsien, now known as Wanzhou District, is a port on the...

The Wanhsien incident of 1926 was a series of maritime conflicts on the Yangtze river between British merchant shipping and regional Chinese military leaders...

missionary in Wanhsien. The church became one of the county's main venues for Protestant worship along with the Lutheran Holy Cross Church. The Wanhsien incident...

Missouri Evangelical Lutheran Mission—arrived in Wanzhou (then known as Wanhsien [Wan County], was part of Sichuan Province) to set up a small mission station...

and Tibet Apostolic Vicariate of Trichur, India Apostolic Vicariate of Wanhsien, China Apostolic Vicariate of Yachow, China Apostolic Vicariate of Bosnia...

steamer Burevestnik rammed a pier and sank. In Wanhsien, troops of General Yang Sen seized SS Wanhsien for a second time in a week as well as another...

of Sichuan Province 1924–25—Military-Governor of Sichuan Province 1926 -Wanhsien Incident, combat with British patrol vessels on the river Yangtse 1933–38—General...

later publications. The verse play Roar China (Rychi Kitai), about the Wanhsien Incident, had its premier at the Meyerhold Theatre on January 23, 1926...

illustrations: "Going Up" (October 1926) "Nine Years" (November 1926) "Wanhsien Massacre" (November 1926) "He Wants More Than Pie in the Sky" (December...

apostolic vicariates of Sichuan and Tibet were elevated to dioceses, namely, Wanhsien of the Eastern Szechwan Mission; Chengtu and Shunking of the Western Szechwan...

storms that followed a fifty-five-day drought. The standoff continued in Wanhsien as the gunboat Widgeon arrived carrying the British Consul from Chongqing...

territory on 2 August 1929 to establish the then Apostolic Vicariate of Wanhsien (Ouan-hien), now its suffragan Promoted on 11 April 1946 as Metropolitan...

the China Inland Mission (CIM, interdenominational), after landing at Wanhsien, travelled via Shuenkingfu to Chungking, where he reached on 1 May of that...

Kong. He was praised by his company for his sensitive handling of the Wanhsien incident on the Upper Yangtze in 1926 when two boats were seized by the...

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1936 Ship State Description Ming Chiang  China The ship sank off Wanhsien with the loss of over 40 lives....