Meaning of Erh-lien | Babel Free

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“The area southwest of Erh-lien, where the border conflict was unfolding, was seen in the photographs covering the two-hundred-square-kilometer area. The analysts noted the nearly six hundred tanks of all sizes, the automatic recoilless guns, as well as the armored trucks and transport vehicles, deployed in combat-ready positions. A large-scale offensive maneuver was indicated.”

“Mr Ho also told us that Erh-lien had a population of 10,000. A fertilizer factory lay a mile to the south. The town’s water supply was pumped underground from thirty miles away, vegetables were, at least in summer, of local origin; in this arid region, with the limitless semi-desert bearing only isolated and scrawny scrub, it seemed implausible. In reply to my question, he said that Chinese only, not Mongol, was taught in the schools of Inner Mongolia.”

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