Shaji (, also romanized as Shakee and Shakei) is an area adjacent to Yanjiang West Road () in the
Liwan District
Liwan District is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, China. The district is split into two parts by the Pearl River: Xiguan in the northeast and Fangcun in the southwest. Th ...
of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China. It lies opposite
Shamian Island
Shamian (also romanized as Shameen or Shamin, both from its Cantonese pronunciation) is a sandbank island in the Liwan, Guangzhou, Liwan District of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The island's name literally means "sandy surface" in Chinese ...
where on 23 June 1925, there was
a massacre in which Chinese demonstrators and one French merchant died in an exchange of fire between British and French marines guarding the foreign concessions and cadets from the
Whampoa Military Academy
The Republic of China Military Academy ( zh, t=中華民國陸軍軍官學校, p=Zhōnghúa Mīngúo Lùjūn Jūnguān Xúexiào, poj=Tiong-hôa Bîn-kok Lio̍k-kun Kun-koaⁿ Ha̍k-hāu), also known as the Chinese Military Academy (CMA), is ...
.
Miss Dorothy Jean Bidlake
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See also
* Shameen Incident
References
Liwan District
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