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<p>[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 10696886, member: 16283"]Thanks AJ- Saw lots of em around that era.</p><p>Also thanks Shammy-Had never heard the term 'Minguo' before and looked it up,interesting-</p><p>What does Minguo translate to in English? I found this-</p><p><i>"As Chinese era names are traditionally two characters long, 民國 (Minguo, "Republic") is employed as an abbreviation of 中華民國 ("<b>Republic of China</b>"). The first year, 1912, is called 民國元年 (Minguo 1st year) and 2010, the "99th year of the Republic" is 民國九十九年, 民國99年, or simply 99."</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 10696886, member: 16283"]Thanks AJ- Saw lots of em around that era. Also thanks Shammy-Had never heard the term 'Minguo' before and looked it up,interesting- What does Minguo translate to in English? I found this- [I]"As Chinese era names are traditionally two characters long, 民國 (Minguo, "Republic") is employed as an abbreviation of 中華民國 ("[B]Republic of China[/B]"). The first year, 1912, is called 民國元年 (Minguo 1st year) and 2010, the "99th year of the Republic" is 民國九十九年, 民國99年, or simply 99."[/I][/QUOTE]
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