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China repays family 80 years later for wartime grain loan

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In 1947, a Chinese family lent over 850kg of grain to a People's Liberation Army unit facing shortages during a counteroffensive in the Dabie Mountains. The loan was documented by Communist authorities, and the family recently presented the wartime grain loan certificate to local authorities nearly 80 years later. This act highlights a villager's trust in the troops, who maintained discipline and avoided intruding on local homes. AI

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China repays family 80 years later for wartime grain loan

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Zoey Zhang ·

    Debt honoured: China repays family who lent entire 850-kg grain supply to wartime army in 1947

    A wartime grain loan certificate discovered within an old family home in eastern China has been donated to local authorities nearly eight decades later, illuminating a villager’s remarkable faith in the troops. In 1947, a major People’s Liberation Army (PLA) unit entered the Dabi…

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