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发帖数: 6973 | 1 Edward Wong, Fortresses Inspired by West Crumble in a New China. New
York Times, Dec. 4, 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/world/asia/04taishan.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=guangdong%20towers&st=cse
Note:
(a)
(b) porthole (n): "an opening (as a window) in the side of a ship or
airplane"
(c) pao lou 炮楼
yang lou 洋楼
diao lou 碉楼
(d) The report says, "Huang Tang, the head of the Wong’s Association in
Taishan, which tracks the genealogy of Wong families from the area (
including this reporter’s), estimate |
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