Tientsin, China (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)

"The River is that which appears in the maps as the Hwan Ho, Hun‐ho, or Yongting Ho, flowing about 7 miles west of Peking towards the south‐east and joining the Pe‐Ho at Tientsin."

"the fact that his parents immigrated from Tarrytown, New York, not Tientsin, China."

"And after Popo’s funeral, she obeyed my uncle. She prepared herself to return to Tientsin, where she had dishonored her widowhood by becoming the third concubine to a rich man."

"A letter came from Tientsin, not from my family, who thought I was dead. It was from my youngest aunt."