"T'ang-ku" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1960 April 25 [1959 October 6], Sun Tu, A Brilliant Decade of Harbor Construction in Our Country, United States Joint Publications Research Service, →OCLC, page 2:",
          "text": "The expansion of the new T'ang-ku Harbor was our first triumph in harbor construction. On 17 October 1952, the 10,000-ton S.S. Ch'ang-ch'un docked at Pier No 1 in T'ang-ku Harbor amidst thunderous cheers and applause.",
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          "text": "Subject to flooding by the six small rivers coming together just west of the city, the main river below the city has long been shallow and subject to silting. The Communists have both maintained the earlier pattern of dredging the river, and have built a bypass flood canal around the city on the south side to relieve flood pressures. Though dredging can keep the river navigable for small ships, a new artificial port, Sinkang, able to take 10,000 ton ships at all times, was created at T'ang-ku. This is kept open for about two months during winter by icebreakers.",
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          "text": "Manchuria in the guise of Manchukuo was now under firm Japanese control, and to it had been added the buffer province of Jehol and a security zone in northern China. The May 31 truce at T'ang-ku suggested that the Japanese might be satisfied with these gains, which more than fulfilled their stated purpose.",
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          "text": "The allied forces then marched inland, storming and taking T'ang-ku (Tanguu) Fort in mid-August, and moving against the Taku (Dagu) forts, which formed the major line of defense for the Chinese capitol of Peking (Beijing).",
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