Northwest History. China 1. Aviation.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1935
• Subjects: Loyang; Honan Province; Queen City of China; burial place of emperors; air base; northwest territories; General Chiang Kai-Shek; air force; incipient rebellion; civil wars; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; China > History > 20th century; Chiang; Northwest Territories; Pacific
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/82756

"Queen City" Is Air Base: Burial Place Of Emperors Shaken Out Of Ancient Apathy. "QUEEN CITY" IS AIR BASE: Burial Place of Emperors Shaken Out of Ancient Apathy. LOYANG, Honan Province, China,Feb. 10. (/P)—This hoary old "Queen City" of China, burial place of emperors, was slowly being shaken out of an ancient apathy today by the sing-song labor of thousands of coolies building a gigantic air base to command the rich northwest territories. General Chiang Kai-Shek, the energetic military leader, has chosen this site for one of the four "key bases" under construction at far-flung points for the government's rapidly expanding air force, its most potent weapon in suppressing incipient rebellion and halting civil wars.