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Old 17th February 2020, 12:20 AM   #1
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The inlay work has me stumped.
Lower character is "zhou" 州 - prefecture, province, administrative division (in old China).
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Old 17th February 2020, 05:05 AM   #2
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I am impressed.
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Old 17th February 2020, 12:56 PM   #3
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Decrypted the first character, that's what I got 邠州 Binzhou (the name of the county located in the western part of Shaanxi Province, in 1913 renamed Binxian County 邠 县)
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Old 17th February 2020, 05:17 PM   #4
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Impressed even more.
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Old 17th February 2020, 06:03 PM   #5
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Such exercises are better prevention of dementia than solving crosswords
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Old 17th February 2020, 06:52 PM   #6
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Because I do not know Chinese, I am forced to limit my defences to NYT mini crosswords:-(((

Dementia looms....
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Old 17th February 2020, 09:43 PM   #7
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I too am very impressed:-).
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