yenchi

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1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Yanji.

   “Nevertheless in this agreement the Japanese secured China’s consent that the Changchun-Kirin Railway should eventually be extended to the southern boundary of the Yenchi or Chientao district, connecting at Hoi-yang with a Korean railway.”

   “According to a top-secret document of Japanese imperialism entitled “A Study of Communist Bandits in Manchuria,” peasants of the east district of Santaowan in Yenchi county, were given an average of 4,800 pyung(one pyung equals 3.305 square metres) per household.”

   “Between February 28 and March 1, 1930, some of the Korean Communists in Yenchi organized hundreds of farmers in different localities and carried out mass demonstrations, in which banners saying "Destroy Japanese Imperialism or Long Live Korean Independence" were displayed and hundreds of thousands of leaflets were distributed.”