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Show uu YANKEE IS CHINESE CHICAGO, April 10 The name "Yankee" came from a Chinese phrase "Yang jung," by way of East India, where the words were corrupted to "Yang Gee," according to Teh Yi Hsieh, Chinese labor leader who recently re-cently arrived here to establish relations rela-tions witn the American Federation of Lnbor. "Yang Gee" means "you are a young foreigner' Mr. Teh believes tho word Yankee was first applied to New Engianders : b English or Dutch sailors who had learned tho phrase in the orient. oo . 1 |