"The Battle to Capture Ichang (Yichang) – 1940 " Topic

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Tango01

11 Jul 2014 10:07 p.m. PST

"The port of Ichang (now Yichang) is in east-central China in SW Hubei province on the Chang Jiang (Yangtze) River. Located at the head of navigation below the entrance to the gorges of the Daba Mountain, it is the western terminus for large oceangoing vessels traveling up the Yangtze from Shanghai. From there goods are trans-shipped to smaller boats able to negotiate the Yangtze's rapids. Iching is also the gateway to Sichuan province. The Japanese refer to Ichang as Iching.

21 August 1876:
Iching is the second largest city in western Hubei province. Iching is opened to foreign trade as a trading port after Qing and Great Britain sign the Chefoo Convention. The Imperial government sets up a navigation company and builds wharfs…"

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