Complex sentence: After clearing the Chinese from Tonkinese territory the French crossed briefly into Guangxi province and on 25 February blew up the'Gate of China', an elaborate Chinese customs building on the border at Zhennan Pass (Zhennanguan).
Split into simpler sentences: After clearing the Chinese from Tonkinese territory the French crossed briefly into Guangxi province. On 25 February the French blew up the'Gate of China', an elaborate Chinese customs building on the border at Zhennan Pass (Zhennanguan).