Comments on: The Marco Polo Bridge

By: tdaxp

tdaxp — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:18:41 +0000

I’m still confused as to the flag, but now I know more about the names of the Chinese olympic committees! [1]

The southern part of Beijing is still very rural. Most of the strength has been in the north, the west (to the extent possible because of the hills), and to the east (especially with the Airport and the Batong Line).

[1] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2009/07/11/on-those-mysterious-olympians.html

By: tdaxp » Blog Archive » On those Mysterious Olympians

tdaxp » Blog Archive » On those Mysterious Olympians — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:13:49 +0000

[...] I had visited a rather long-windedly-named museum, and noted a strange flag in the special Olympics exhibit: Museum of the War of Chinese People’s Resistance [...]

By: ElamBend

ElamBend — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:14:37 +0000

The monoliths at the memorial look awesome. They remind me of giant ’signature’ stamps. ( I have one with a small dragon from my trip 21 years ago).

I also remember Bejing having a lot of ‘countryside’ in it. I had presumed that changed, I guess not.

By: tdaxp

tdaxp — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:59:18 +0000

Yup, this must be the 9/9/45 “Act of Surrender – China Theatre” [1], as opposed to the immediately following “Order No. 1″ [2] or the 9/2/45 “First Instrument of Surrender” [3] or the immediately

[1] http://www.taiwandocuments.org/surrender02.htm
[2] http://www.taiwandocuments.org/surrender03.htm
[3] http://www.taiwandocuments.org/surrender01.htm

By: Moon

Moon — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:36:17 +0000

09 SEP 45 on the surrender?
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Excellent bridge and museum reporting!