It is reported in current cable news that the state of tension between Japan and China is increasing, and that further strong forces to the troubled area round Peking. Above are comparative pictures of the reaular infantry of the two nation, the Japanese being to the left. It will be seen that in point of personal equipment there is little between them, the Chinese shown being dressed in their padded cold-weather uniforms. In the past two years the modernisation at the Chinese regular troops has been pushed forward, and though less in number of effective, it is stated that they arem man for man, as good fighters as the units of the opposing forces.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 249, 17 July 1937, Page 9
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114It is reported in current cable news that the state of tension between Japan and China is increasing, and that further strong forces to the troubled area round Peking. Above are comparative pictures of the reaular infantry of the two nation, the Japanese being to the left. It will be seen that in point of personal equipment there is little between them, the Chinese shown being dressed in their padded cold-weather uniforms. In the past two years the modernisation at the Chinese regular troops has been pushed forward, and though less in number of effective, it is stated that they arem man for man, as good fighters as the units of the opposing forces. Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 249, 17 July 1937, Page 9
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