Wu-hsi

More often, the reverse appeared to be the case: government officials were on the scene, but their own antiforeign sentiments prevented their taking action against the rioters, as at Nanking and Wu-hsi.

One of the most famous shu-yüan academies established in China, the Tung-lin Academy was located southeast of the city of Wu-hsi, in Kiangsu province.

Instead of withdrawing to newly built fortifications along the Shanghai-Nanjing (Nanking) railway line at Wuxi (Wu-hsi), the Nationalists fell back on their capital of Nanjing, which became the next Japanese target.