Meaning of Chan-chiang | Babel Free

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“CHAN-CHIANG (Cantonese TSAM-KONG), a port city on the east coast head of the Luichow peninsula, on Kuang-chou wan (Kwangchow bay), Kwangtung province, south coast of China. Pop. (1953 census) 166,000. Communist China began to enlarge the port in 1954, to create a major south-coast seaport, and in July 1955 completed a 200-mi. branch railway from Li-t’ang in Kwangsi to Chan-chiang.”

“Until 1957, military and connecting lines were proportionately more important in new railway construction than in later years. Military considerations also appeared to be an important factor in railway building prior to the "Great Leap" period. Of the four new military lines (Lai-pin to Mu-nan-kuan, Li-t'ang to Chan-chiang, Ying-t'an to Amoy, and Chi-ning to Erh-lien), the first two are clearly designed to provide logistic support for Chinese activities in Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam. The early completion of these lines supports the thesis that the Chinese Communist Party decided a decade or more ago to increase its influence in Southeast Asia.”

“If the construction continues at its present speed, the Lan-chou—Hsin-chiang line will probably join the Soviet section at the Ala Shan Pass before the end of 1961. When completed, it not only will serve as the third link between mainland China and the Soviet Union but will also provide the Communist bloc with one more outlet to warm water, running diagonally across China to the great new seaport of Chan-chiang.”

“The channel at Chan-chiang is being dredged to a depth of 50 feet enabling tankers of 70,000 tons to call.”

“The crude is transshipped from Chan-chiang by rail to the refinery at Mao-ming. A rumored pipeline under construction from Chan-chiang to Mao-ming has not been confirmed.”

“In 1899, the French gained control of the Chan-chiang region in western Kwangtung.”

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