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Marco Polo Bridge Incident
A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
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Marco Polo Bridge Incident (7 July 1937) When Japanese troops held manoeuvres on the outskirts of Beijing, they requested from the local Chinese military authority permission to search for a missing soldier in the town of Wanping. The garrison of the
National Revolutionary Army refused entry, and a shot was fired. Fighting ensued and the Japanese entered the city on 8 July. There is little evidence that the incident was an intended provocation, particularly since, under the command of
Ishiwara, the Japanese were relatively careful not to engage in a full-scale war. However,
Chiang Kai-shek responded to this local provocation by ordering army reinforcements against the Japanese. It thus marked the beginning of the
Sino-Japanese War.
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Innovative Marco Polo platform on track for March 2004 start.
Magazine article from: Natural Gas Week; 10/27/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...those 39 deepwater facilities, the Marco Polo platform is just one of two platforms...third parties. When working on Marco Polos design, Anadarko and the project...to overbuild the facility. The Marco Polo field itself is expected to produce...
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Dormant Marco Polo 2 DBS satellite sold to Norwegian PTT. (direct broadcast satellite, Norwegian Telecom)
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; ...deg)*W) to Marco Polo 2. What is unknown...The Ill-fated Marco Polos A commercial McDonnell...successfully the $100 million Marco Polo 2 for British Satellite...1990, pp. 1-4). Marco Polo 2 joined its sister...
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Can 'Marco Polo' find patience in the Far East? (deregulation and modernization of worldwide insurance markets)(Column)
Magazine article from: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management; 5/27/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...possible opportunities to insurance Marco Polos. Many Latin American countries...European Union, where many insurance Marco Polos were packing their collective corporate...interesting to see how much patience Marco Polo can learn...or can abide.
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Marco Polo Hotel: A leading hotel brand in Asia Pacific.(Tourism)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 5/6/2005; 700+ words
; ...Byline: ARLENE DABU FOZ The Marco Polo Group, a dominant hotel...video presentation on Marco Polo Hotel Groups assets in various...Hong Kong and Vietnam. Marco Polo is a topnotch hospitality...the guests experience the Marco Polo brand of hospitality and...
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Marco Polo Platform on Track for Debut.
Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily; 10/27/2003; 700+ words
; ...ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Marco Polo platform, a deepwater tension leg...production business, Heijermans noted. Marco Polo's price tag is nearly $230 million...those 39 deepwater facilities, the Marco Polo platform is just one of two...
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Marco Polo Maps Route to Emerging Market Trading.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Securities Industry News; 1/28/2002; 700+ words
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Agoda and Marco Polo Hotels Sign Distribution Agreement.
News Wire article from: PRWeb; 4/8/2009; 700+ words
; ...today announced a consolidated partnership with Marco Polo Hotels, one of the leading hotel brands in Asia...affordable and more accessible to more people. About Marco Polo Group: Every hotel of the Marco Polo group is an embodiment of Asian warmth and...
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Strange journeys; Museum exhibits feature odd plant life and a surreal take on Marco Polo
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; 3/4/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...paintings depict the explorer Marco Polo as a modern-day, T...to complete each work. In "Marco Polo Forced to Eat Moths" the...painting. In another painting, Polo spies on people with blue skin...had trouble drawing them. The Marco Polos in the paintings are based on...
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Marco Polo--transport.
Magazine article from: EFTA Bulletin (Switzerland); 11/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...funding for 167 projects. The Marco Polo programme was proposed following...novel feature of the Marco Polo II programme is the extension...enhance intermodal transport. Marco Polo II contains two new...XML, funded through the Marco Polo programme 2005 selection...
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China Exclusive: Number of endangered Marco Polo sheep increasing in NW China
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 4/5/2006; 700+ words
; ...Number of endangered Marco Polo sheep increasing in NW...they have spotted 2,200 Marco Polo sheep in the part...of screwy horns of Marco Polo sheep. Currently, the...after Italian explorer Marco Polo, who discovered the...
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Polo, Marco
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
...his uncle, Maffeo Polo, partners in a...foreign commerce. The Polos had left Venice...and back when Marco was only six years...Khan welcomed the Polos back and again took...increasingly impressed with Marco Polo, who, like his...Kublai Khan, the Polos began widespread...around ...
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Marco Polo
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...knowledge with him. The Polos' mission received little...Rome, but in 1271 the Polo brothers, in search...for the 17-year-old Marco Polo to make his debut...impressed with the youngest Polo, who, like his father...of Kublai Khan, the Polos initiated widespread...trips around the ...
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Marco Polo Bridge Incident
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Marco Polo Bridge Incident (7 July 1937) When Japanese troops held manoeuvres on the outskirts of Beijing, they requested from the local...
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Polo
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
Po·lo , Marco, see Marco Polo .
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Marco Millions
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Marco Millions (1928), a play by Eugene O...Guild Theatre, 92 perf.] As a young man, Marco Polo ( Alfred Lunt ) is sent to China on business...pined for his love and died for lack of it. Marco, after all, is the eternal merchant...
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