Kiaochow
Kiaochow or Jiaozhou , former German territory, area c.200 sq mi (520 sq km), along the southern coast of Shandong prov., China. Its administrative center was the city of Qingdao. Germany leased Kiaochow in 1898 for 99 years, but in 1914 Japan seized it. Through agreements reached at the Washington Conference in 1922, Kiaochow was returned to China.
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PERU: PERUVIAN TRANSOCEANIC HIGHWAY REQUIRES INVESTMENT OF $48.5 MILLION.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 11/14/2002; 148 words
; ...million) for its 2003 plans to develop the Transoceanic highway designed to eventually link Peru's southern coast with Brazil's southern coast via Bolivia, a transport ministry official said. Peru's President Alejandro Toledo has expressed...
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BRIEFLY.(-)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 11/12/2007; 85 words
; Byline: The Register-Guard High winds predicted along southern coast REEDSPORT - The National Weather Service has issued a high...to 4 p.m. today. A strong front will cause winds on the southern coast to reach 30 to 45 mph with gusts of 50 to 65 mph. The coastal...
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SCUBA DIVING VENTURE.
Newspaper article from: Caribbean Update; 12/1/1998; 43 words
; Marlin Marinas and Nautics of Cuba and EuroCuba of Belgium will begin operating the 35-page passenger Persia in December 1998, offering scuba diving, snorkeling, fishing and other activities during 11-day cruises from Santiago de Cuba along the southern coast to Cienfuegos.
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Environmental change in Garibaldi Provincial Park, Southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia.
Magazine article from: Geoscience Canada; 9/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...in Garibaldi Provincial Park, in the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia, by examining...in Garibaldi Provincial Park in the southern Coast Mountains north of Vancouver over the...warming climate. As glaciers in the southern Coast Mountains recede and, in some cases...
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THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORP.
Magazine article from: Latin Trade; 8/1/2000; ; 30 words
; THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORP., part of the World Bank, loaned US$7 million to Guatemalan banana grower and exporter Frutera del Pacifico to develop plantations on the country's southern coast.
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Cape Cod's big wind. (Currents).(wind park proposal draws criticism)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: E; 3/1/2002; ; 394 words
; ...their backyard. A proposed 170-turbine wind park off the southern coast of Massachusetts has generated considerable heat, but no...construction slated to begin in 2003, lies five miles off the southern Coast of the Cape. It would be the first offshore wind park in...
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JORDAN: NEW HOTEL TO BE BUILT IN AQABA.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 6/20/2005; 52 words
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Local Island corporation. (Transit news).
Magazine article from: International Railway Journal; 3/1/2001; 46 words
; ...feasibility study into a proposed light rail line to link Las Palmas to the island's airport as well as serve the main tourist destinations on the island's southern coast. The project would cost an estimated Pesetas 53 billion ($US 302.2 million).
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Alutiiq Museum.(Right Moves)
Magazine article from: Alaska Business Monthly; 12/1/2007; ; 77 words
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Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 7/3/2002; 65 words
; ...Corporation for Oil Pipelines that will establish an oil and gas pipeline extending from the Saudi Kingdom to the Yemeni southern coast, according to the Saudi Press Agency. The cabinet endorsed the agreement after being amended by a ministerial committee...
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Twenty-one Demands
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Aug., 1914) as grounds for invading Kiaochow, the German leasehold in Shandong prov...that Japan assume Germany's position in Kiaochow; that Manchuria and Mongolia be reserved...the Manchurian railroads and granting Kiaochow to Japan. The demands, setting a pattern...
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Jiaozhou
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
see Kiaochow , China.
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Qingdao
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...railroad cars, motor vehicles, tires, fertilizers, rubber products, and chemicals. Leased to Germany in 1898 as part of the Kiaochow territory, Qingdao became the administrative center of the leasehold and developed into a modern city. The Japanese held it...
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Washington Conference
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
...undertook to guarantee China's independence and territorial integrity, while the Japanese promised to return the region around Kiaochow. Finally, a naval convention was signed in which the nine powers agreed not to build capital ships (warships over 10,000 tons...
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Shigenobu Okuma
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...and Okuma served for a brief period as prime minister. During his second term as prime minister (1914-16) the army was expanded, and Japan, entering World War I on the Allied side, seized Kiaochow and presented China with the Twenty-one Demands .
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