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Shantou · Alexandria

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Shantou

Also known as

Sandouz
Santou
Shantou Shi
Shantou Shi
Shantou Shi
Shantou Shi

Image illustrating Shantou — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Shantousee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

Connected to

in countryPeople's Republic of China1949 CE
birthplace ofChen Chong Swee1910 CE
birthplace ofKent Cheng1951 CE
birthplace ofQiu Menghuang1968 CE
birthplace ofRayson Huang1920 CE
birthplace ofShing-Tung Yau1949 CE
containsSwatow Operation1939 CE
birthplace ofTeresa Hsu Chih1898 CE
birthplace ofThomas Chang1933 CE

+ 3 further connections to entries not yet ingested

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