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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 812 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SHASI , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city in the See also:

province of Hu-peh, See also:

CHINA

China, on the See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

RIVER

river Yangtsze, about 85 m. below Ich'ang. Pop. about 8o,000. It was opened to See also:

FOREIGN

foreign See also:

trade under the See also:

JAPANESE

Japanese treaty of 1895. The See also:

TOWN

town lies below the summer level of the Yangtsze, from which it is protected by a strong See also:

EMBANKMENT

embankment. Formerly Shasi was a See also:

GREAT

great distributing centre, but the opening of. Ich'ang to foreign trade diverted much of the See also:

TRAFFIC

traffic to the last-named See also:

PORT

port. It is the See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of an extensive network of canals which run through the See also:

low See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country lying on the See also:

north bank of the Yangtsze as far down as See also:

HANKOW (" Mouth of the Han ")

Hankow. Native boats, as a See also:

RULE

rule, prefer the See also:

canal route to the turbulent See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of the Yangtsze, their cargoes being transhipped at Shasi across the embankment into river boats. Foreign residents are few, and the trade passing through the maritime customs is comparatively insignificant. The See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place is still, however, a large distributing centre for native trade, and is the seat of an extensive manufacture of native See also:

cotton See also:

CLOTH

cloth. The See also:

BRITISH

British consulate was withdrawn in See also:

JANUARY

January 1899, British interests being placed under the care of the See also:

consul at Ich'ang.

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