Meaning of Ti-hua | Babel Free

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Noun. [B1]

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“SEPTEMBER 10 Conference with Madame. She went in to Ti Hua ³⁵ and did the dickering with the Sinkiang governor. Got him back in the fold⟳. [He] hadn't been out of his yamen [courtyard] in six years. Heavily guarded. All [his] servants wear⟳ two guns. Suspicious of poison, examines wine corks before drinking, looks melons all over to see⟳ if they've been needled. Ti Hua a dump⟳. "Looks like⟳ a bedraggled old tart," says Madame.”

“In general, the north-south contraction was greater than the east-west, and, whereas time-distance between Peking and Canton had been reduced by 96 per cent, the contraction between Peking and Ti-hua in Hsin-chiang was only 84 per cent.”

“The leaders of the Tung-kan rebellion built an ‘Imperial City’ outside the south gate of Ti-hua in 1868, so that three cities existed concurrently adjacent to one other [38].”

“Chang succeeded, but this caused Chin to fear Chang as too ambitious, and thus Chin ordered Chang to retreat to Ti-hua.³⁵ One of Chin's most serious problems was his inability to trust⟳ his own⟳ generals. Therefore, he was usually unable to capitalize on their infrequent military victories. For example, after Chang Pei-yuan had returned to Ti-hua, Khodja Niaz quickly counterattacked and routed Chin's remaining forces at Hami, which now were under the command of General Li Hai-ju.”

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