The Chinese Conquest of Songaria (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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It was reserved for the Manchu Emperor K'ien Lung, however, to effect the permanent conquest of Ili and other countries of the west and to definitely annex them to Chinese dominions. Outside of Chia Yd Kuan says Ch'im Yuan, author of the book referred to in the introduction to this paper, for a thousand lz' there is nothing but sand and gravel, without water or grass or smoke from the abode of man. So it has been from the earliest times.

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