Kuei-yang

The sun was shining on the fair plain, which stretched out before them--away to the distant mountains; and the city of Kuei-yang itself was right before them, with its temples, its towers and its luxuriant trees.

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Settlements at a few favored basins, and strategic outposts were established very early, such as those at Kuei-yang and K'un-ming, but the vast extent of the territory remained under the local autonomous rule of tribal chieftains with nominal subservience to the Chinese Emperor.

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For our purpose new economic centers are defined as those vigorously developed in Communist China prior to the economic crisis in 1960-62, but not necessarily completely new industrial centers. They consist of 26 cities included in categories A-II and B-II in Table 4-8 and B2, B3, B4, B5, and B8 in Table 4-3 (excluding Soochow and Kuei-yang, which are predominantly nonindustrial).

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Prof. Liu's family was from Kuei-yang in Kweichow, China, and he grew up in Shanghai.

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