Meaning of Chin-sha | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

Examples

“The boundary between Tibet and China settled by the Manchu Emperor and the Tibetans in 1727 and lasting down to 1910 ran from the Mekong just north of A-t'un-tzu, crossed northward into the Chin-sha Chiang valley and followed the water divide⟳ between the Chin-sha and the upper Mekong sources to the Kokonor Territory.”

“In view⟳ of the situation, however, there was little alternative but to withdraw⟳ to southern Kweichow and then to veer towards northeastern Yunnan to find⟳ a new crossing point⟳ on the Chin-sha, the upper course of the Yangtze.”

A Comintern Agent in China 1932-1939

“The Yun-Kwei region, a plateau in which virtually no rivers are navigable and all official and commercial transport⟳ moved by land⟳, was defined to include⟳ the upper reaches of the Hung-shui (a tributary of the West River), of the Wu (a tributary of the Yangtze), and of the Chin-sha (as the Yangtze is known along its upper course) from approximately the point⟳ where each becomes unnavigable even for small junks.”

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