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YEA MY RESIDEN COMMENTS CHINESE HISTORY
R AG CE
“Long March” 1934-1935
E Communists march from
south China to Yan’an
1935 0 Hanzhong Born 6 January in
Hanzhong, but
My parents worked in
Xixiang

1936 1 Xixiang

1937 2 Alan is born 17 April Japan attacks China.
Communists &
Guomindang form alliance

1938 3

1939 4 Australia Parents on furlough. Frank World War II starts in

is born (and Bev) Europe

1940 5 Chefoo Parents return to China. Ray
(Yantai) goes straight to boarding
school with teacher by boat
from Shanghai

1941 6 Japs bomb Pearl Harbour
5 December. Japs take
control of Chefoo School
Property

1942 7 Chefoo 1ST Internment Camp at
(Temple Chefoo
Hill)

1943 8 Weihsien Boat to Qingdao then train to
(Weifang) Weihsien

1944 9

1945 10 I am flown out to Hanzhong 15 August WWII ends
in September

1946 11 Hanzhong School does not reopen for Civil War continues
12 months between Communists and
Goumindang.

1947 12 Shanghai Boarding School reopens in
CIM HQ

1948 13 Guling Boarding School moves to
1949 14 (Lushan) 4000 ft holiday resort

1950 15 “Ejected” by PR of China to People’s Republic of China
proclaimed by
Communists. Guomindang
moves to Taiwan

Land reform. China enters