Linjiang

Proper noun

Linjiang

1. A county-level city of Baishan, Jilin, China.
   • In mid-December the enemy sent eight complete divisions to invade the Linchiang area, arrogantly blustering: "We will drive the Communists into the Yalu to bite at the ice. We will drive them up the Changpai Mountains to chew on the rocks."[1967 January, Li Tso-peng, “Three Campaigns to the South of the Sungari River”, in China Reconstructs, volume XVI, number 1, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11, column 3
   • Although the entire Communist force was driven back to the Korean border by early November, the commanders of the Fourth Column derived some satisfaction from their near destruction of the Nationalist 25th Division, after a fierce four-day battle at Hsin-k’ai-ling, west of K’uantien.* Moreover...[1973, William W. Whitson with Chen-hsia Huang, “The Fourth Field Army Elite”, in The Chinese High Command: A History of Communist Military Politics, 1927-71, Macmillan Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page...