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Chinese in World War I

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Jo

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand, an event that would trigger what we know today as World War I. One of the little known stories from the war is the role of 140,000 Chinese laborers on the Western Front. The Chatham House recently posted an article about these forgotten laborers:…

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