Because Shanghai was the most important Chinese city in western eyes, the troops had to fight and hold onto the city as long as possible, rather than moving toward the defense lines along nameless towns en route to Nanking.

Because Chen was invited by Chen Jiongming ( 陳炯明 ) to be the Education officer in Guangzhou in mid-December 1920, he decided to assign the publication to Mao Dun ( 茅盾 ), who belonged to the Shanghai Communist Party.

Because of the inflated point values, there is generally a minimum point value in the Shanghai variant.

Because of these concerns, the United States pushed for modification of the Convention, obtaining a 1994 Agreement on Implementation that somewhat mitigates them and thus modifies the ISA's authority.

Because the state of Czechoslovakia was not invited to the conference, it felt betrayed by United Kingdom and France, so Czechs and Slovaks call the Munich Agreement the Munich Dictate (; ).

Because it did not abide by the National Agreement on player payment in place in organized baseball, the Federal League was called an " outlaw league " by its competitors.

Because of problems with pay guarantees arising from the Gosha Agreement, cinema actors were prevented from dubbing foreign movies for television.

Because of that, he was involved in drafting the so-called Ohrid Agreement in Republic of Macedonia.

Because of tensions caused by these invasions, Germany falling behind in deliveries of goods and Stalin's worries that Hitler's war with the West might end quickly after France signed an armistice, in August 1940, the Soviet Union briefly suspended its deliveries under the German-Soviet Commercial Agreement.

Because the constitutional right to citizenship had been introduced as part of the Belfast Agreement it was argued that there should have been consultation with Northern Ireland political parties ; in fact the only signatory of the Agreement initially consulted was the British government.

Because of Taiwan ’ s complex diplomatic relations, it has had trouble entering substantial trade pacts with the economic powerhouses of the United States and North American Free Trade Agreement.

" Because of legal reasons Barceló was unable to use the name " Union Party " and in 1932, founded the " Liberal Party of Puerto Rico ".

Because apple sales were off dramatically in 1932 local farmers decided to put them in cold storage until the following Spring, but the sales did not materialize, so the farmers were not only out the cost of raising the crop, they were also out the cost of storing the crop.

Because of the successes made by the first plan, Stalin did not hesitate with going ahead with the Second Five-Year Plan in 1932, although the official start-date for the plan was 1933.

Because of these reservations the negotiations came to nothing and as street violence rose to new heights in April 1932, Brüning had both the communist " Rotfrontkämpferbund " and the Nazi Sturmabteilung banned.

The team finally folded that year, ending the franchise's final season with a 4-4-0 record. Because the Washington Redskins began in 1932 as the Boston Braves, some Pottsville backers, with help from a few writers, have suggested that the Redskins descended from the Maroons by way of the Boston Bulldogs.

Because the Roswell area was formerly located in Cobb County, there was no border between Fulton and Milton counties before 1932.

Because Giuseppe Peano ( 1858 – 1932 ) was the first to discover one, space-filling curves in the 2-dimensional plane are commonly called Peano curves.

" Because of legal reasons Barceló was unable to use the name " Union Party " and in 1932, founded the " Puerto Rican Liberal Party.

The financial situation got so bad that in 1932 a sign had to be placed in the new book section reading, “ No New Books for Display this Week Because of Curtailed Funds.

Because of his association with the school, Schenker's publication Five Graphic Music Analyses ( Fünf Urlinie-Tafeln ) was published jointly by his regular publisher, Universal-Edition and the David Mannes School in 1932.

Because of the Irish Free State's " Control of Manufactures Act " in 1932, the company moved its headquarters to London later that year.

Because it proved so popular, the 1932 NFL Playoff Game started a new era for the National Football League.

Because of the success of the 1932 NFL Playoff Game, the league divided its teams into two divisions for the first time, with the winners of each division playing in a championship game to determine the NFL champion.

Because of the coup attempted by Moscow hardliners against the Gorbachev government in August 1991, the Union Treaty never was signed.

Because of a supposed ‘ fundamentally broken system of governance that contributed to 23 years of conflict in Liberia ’, and failures of the Transitional Government in curbing corruption, the Liberian government and the International Contact Group on Liberia signed onto the anti-corruption program GEMAP, starting September 2005.

Because of its location, it became the site of military facilities used first by the British and then by the United States, following an access agreement signed in 1980 by the United States and Oman.

Because Zukor believed in stars, he signed and developed many of the leading early stars, including Mary Pickford, Marguerite Clark, Pauline Frederick, Douglas Fairbanks, Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, and Wallace Reid.

Because they were suspicious of the music business in general, the Replacements had not signed a written contract with Twin / Tone Records.

Because of increasing concern surrounding Queen Elizabeth's safety, in 1584 Elizabeth's Privy Council signed a " Bond of Association " The identities of the six conspirators were nevertheless discovered, and they were taken prisoner by 15 August 1586.

Because of its strategic location, in 1343 king Casimir III signed there a peace treaty with the Teutonic Order.

Because the legislation that is the subject of the President's request ( or " Special Message ", in the language of the bill ) was already enacted and signed into law, the vote by the Congress would be ordinary legislative action, not any kind of veto — whether line-item, legislative or any other sort.

Because of the era's slow communications it took weeks for news of the peace treaty to reach the United States ; the Battle of New Orleans was fought after it was signed.

Because many of those who signed the 1997 declaration also signed the 1995 declaration, the concerns raised by David Olinger and others after the 1995 declaration are still relevant.

After making the one-off single " Cinco de Mayo " for LA Records in 1981 ( Jerry Goldstein's own label, which also reissued Eric Burdon Declares " War " under the title Spill the Wine the same year ), Lowrider signed with RCA Victor Records and recorded Outlaw ( 1982 ) which included the single plus additional singles " You Got the Power ", " Outlaw ", and " Just Because ".

Because of the corporate strength behind NBC and CBS, however, and the fact that the lion's share of the most powerful stations in the country had already signed with them before Mutual's emergence ( the exceptional, and soon departed, WLW aside ), the cooperative network would be at a permanent disadvantage.

Because Edmunds and Lowe signed to different record labels that year, they could not record as Rockpile until 1980, but many of their solo LPs ( such as Lowe's Labour of Lust and Edmunds ' own Repeat When Necessary ) were group recordings.

Because of the wording of the letter signed by President Reagan to declare his temporary inability, in which he expressed doubts about whether his situation would fall within the scope of the 25th Amendment, some argue that the invocation of the amendment by him was invalid, and that no formal transfer of power took place.

Because of the parole document Stockton signed with General Howe to gain his freedom, and giving his word of honor not to meddle in the war ( required to be given a parole ), Stockton resigned from Congress.

Afterwards, he developed his singing technique, signed with Columbia Records, and had his first number one popular song with " Because of You " in 1951.

" Because of a war with England, Brébeuf was forced to return to France but when the peace was signed, he returned to the Hurons in 1634, travelling 1 280 km ( 800 miles ) from Quebec via the Ottawa River.

Because of this and other cases, " posthumous editions " produced after the death of an artist, and obviously not signed by him, are usually far less sought after.

Because of a secrecy agreement Becker had signed with Copperfield, and an independent finding that Becker's description of Copperfield's methods was inaccurate, the publisher removed the section on Copperfield from the book before publication.

Because of the treaty that Japan had signed with Great Britain in 1902, Japan was one of the Allies during the war.

Because of transfer rules, Kamara is signed to the club until the end of the 2011-12 season, and played for the team again on 28 March 2012.

Because the highway curves sharply around the lakehead of Lake Ontario, its directions are not signed with cardinal directions as is the case on other Ontario highways, but with destination cities.

Because of concerns about worldwide fallout levels, the Partial Test Ban Treaty was signed in 1963.

Because of the harsh response, several of the pilots who originally signed the letter reneged and removed their signatures ; after more than 30 signed, four later recanted.