 Beijing
-The capital of China |
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| The capital city of the People's Republic of China (PRC), Beijing
(Peking) is a fast-growing, dynamic metropolis that, while courting
foreign businesses and visitors, maintains a firm grip on its rich
cultural heritage and a strictly Communist social order. It is a monolithic
showcase that can give a distorted view of China to foreign visitors.
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| Shanghai
- The largest city in China |
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| Shanghai, the largest city in China, is an amazing mix of the ancient
and hi-tech western civilization. It is a multi-cultural metropolis
with both modern and traditional Chinese features. A cultural, prosperous
city, Shanghai offer visitors some of the worlds grandest sights.
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| Chongqing
- Municipalities |
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| Chongqing used to be a part of Sichuan province but was municipalized
in 1997. Since then, it has become the biggest economic centre in
the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Being at the confluence of
the Yangtze River and Jialingjiang River, Yu, the abbreviation of
its capital city C Chongqing is named after it. The region covers
a land area of 82,403 sq. km and has 1,405,000 ha of cultivated land
(4,500 ha of sloping lands between 5 to 25 degrees and 36,200 ha >25
degrees). By the end of 2001 the total population reached 30,979,000
with 1,974,000 people as minorities. |
| Hong
Kong -a shopping paradise |
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| Hong Kong is located in the Far East, just south of the Tropic of
Cancer. Hong Kong Island is 32km (20 miles) east of the mouth of Pearl
River and 135km (84 miles) southeast of Canton. It is separated from
the mainland by a good natural harbour. Hong Kong Island was ceded
to Britain in 1842 by the Treaty of Nanking; and the Kowloon Peninsula
(south of Boundary Street and Stonecutters Island) in 1860 by the
Convention of Peking.
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Macau - East
Las Vegas |
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| Hanging from China's gigantic underbelly on its southeastern coast,
Macau covers all of 28 sq. km (11 sq. miles). About 64km (40 miles)
west of Hong Kong across the Pearl River Estuary, it served as Portugal's
last holdout in Asia until 1999, when it was handed back to China.
Portugal's other former Asian strongholds, Goa and Malacca, had long
before been claimed by neighboring powers.
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| Tianjin
- Municipalities |
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| Tianjin abbreviated as Jin, Jingu, Gushang, Zhigu, Dinggu, Jin Gate,
Sanjin and Yingjin, etc. in history and media, is one of the 4 municipalities
directly under the Central Government of the People's Republic of
China. Tianjin is the third largest city in China only after Beijing
and Shanghai. |
| Provinces
: Anhui |
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| | Anqing | Bengbu
| Chaohu | Chizhou
| Hefei | Huangshan
| Huainan | Huaibei
| Maanshan |
Suzhou | Tongling | Wuhu | Xuancheng
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| Anhui Province in east China is situated in the middle and lower
valleys of the Yangtze and Huaihe rivers. It was named after the first
character of the names of its two cities, Anqing and Huizhou. It has
an area of more than 130,000 square kilometers and a population of
48.92 million, of which 6.63 million live in the cities and the rest
in the countryside. |
| Provinces
: Fujian |
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| | Fuzhou
| Quanzhou |
Xiamen | Putian
| Nanping | Sanming
| Longyan | Zhangzhou
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| Fujian Province faces Taiwan Province across the Taiwan Straits.
It is situated 115'50"-120'47" east longitude and 23'30"-28'19"
north latitude with an area of more than 120,000 square kilometers.
Mountains and hills make up the vast majority of Fujian's territory,
while only narrow strips of the east seaside are plains. Fujian has
a zigzag coastline of 2,120 kilometers dotted with 1,202 offshore
islands, with a fishing area of 136,000 square kilometers. Most of
its rivers empty into the sea separately.
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| Provinces
: Guizhou |
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| | Anshun
| Bijie | Guiyang
| Miao
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| Kaili | Tongren
Region | Qianxinan
Region | Zunyi
| Duyun | |
| Guizhou province is called "Qian" or "Gui" for
its short forms. Located on the eastern slope of Yunnan--Guizhou Plateau,
Guizhou borders provinces (region and municipality) of Hunan, Guangxi,
Yunnan, Sichuan and Chongqing to the east, south, west, and north
respectively. The province becomes an important access to the sea
and a transportation hub for Southwest China.
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| Provinces
: Hainan |
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| | Haikou
| Sanya | |
| Hainan Province, called "Qiong" for short, is situated
in the southernmost of China. Haikou is its capital. The island, rising
from the vast South China Sea, has a total population of 6,150,800
and a population density of 181 people per square kilometre (1987
figures). The province is administratively divided into the Hainan,
Nansha, Xisha, Zhongsha islands, etc. It also has three municipalities,
16 counties and the agencies of the Xisha, Nansha, Zhongsha islands.
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| Provinces
: Heilongjiang |
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| | Daxinganling
| Daqing
| Hegang
| Harbin
| Heihe |
Jixi | Jiamusi
| Mudanjiang
| Qiqihar
| Qitaihe
| Suihua
| Shuangyashan
| Yichun
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| Heilongjiang Province, abbreviated as Hei in Chinese, is located
in the Northeast of China, at the highest latitudes and the northernmost
end of the country. It neighbors Russia across the Heilongjiang and
Wusuli rivers running in its north and east respectively; in the west,
it adjoins the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region; and to its south
is Jilin Province. It covers an area of 454,000 square km, accounting
for 4.7 percent of the nations total. |
| Provinces
: Henan |
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| | Hebi
| Kaifeng | Luoyang
| Pingdingshan
| Sanmenxia
| Shangqiu |
Xinyang | Zhengzhou
| Zhoukou | Zhumadian
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| Henan, an agricultural province, in the middle-lower Yellow River
valley, derived its name from the greater part of the province's lying
south of the Yellow River. One of the earliest developed regions in
the country, it was a political and cultural center in ancient China.
In the remote past, China was divided into nine geographical regions,
and Henan was called the "Central Region " or "Central
Plain" because it was situated in the middle of the nine regions.
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| Provinces
: Hubei |
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| | Wuhan
| Huangshi |
Yichang | Jingzhou
| Xiangfan |
Jingmen | Shiyan
| Ezhou | Xiaogan
| Enshi | Suizhou
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| Hubei is situated in central China, extending across two major river
systems - the Yangtze and Hanjiang. Hubei adjoins Henan Province on
the north, Anhui Province on the east, Jiangxi Province on the southeast,
Hunan Province on the south, Chongqing Municipality on the west and
Shaanxi Province on the northwest. |
| Provinces
: Hunan |
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| | Changsha
| Zhuzhou | Hengyang
| Yueyang | Xiangtan
| Shaoyang | Zhuzhou | Zhangjiajie
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| Hunan Province, located in the middle and lower reaches of the Changjiang
River, covers an area of 211,800 square kilometers. The province is
called Xiang for short , for the Xiang River, the largest in the province
, runs across its territory. The population totals about 66 million
and there are 13 prefecture-level cities and one Tujia and Miao minority
autonomous prefecture. |
| Provinces
: Inner
Mongolia |
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| | Hohhot
| Baotou | Alashan
| Ordos | Wuhai
| Hailar | Manzhouli | Tongliao
| Chifeng | Erenhot | Ulanhot | |
| Originally the southern part of Mongolia, the area known as Inner
Mongolia was settled by powerful nomadic Mongolian tribes centuries
ago. Later, in the sixteenth century, the Manchu Empire annexed it
from the northern Mongolians after many bloody battles. They took
possession and renamed the area Inner Mongolia.
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| Provinces
: Jiangsu |
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| Nanjing
| Wuxi | Suzhou
| Xuzhou | Yangzhou
| Lianyungang
| Changzhou
| Nantong |
Zhenjiang
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| Kunshan |
Huai'an |
Yancheng |
Suqian | Taizhou
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| Jiangsu province lies in the center of China's east coast with the
total land coverage of 10.26 square kilometers occupying 1.06% of
the whole country's territory, occupiing the southern part of the
North China plains and the plains of the Lower Reaches of the Yangtze
River. Its landform is mainly plain with lots of rivers and lakes
among which there are the third biggest freshwater lake of China,
Taihu Lake, and the fourth biggest, Hongze Lake. |
| Provinces
: Jiangxi |
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| | Nanchang
| Jiujiang
| Yingtan |
Jingdezhen
| Xinyu | Pingxiang
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| Jiangxi lies in the lower middle reaches of the south flank of the
Yangtze River, over-looking the Dageng Mountain ranges and the Jiulian
Mountain of the Guangdong Province in the south, adjoining the Luoxiao
Mountain of the Hunan Province in the west, with the Wuyi Mountain
neighboring the Fujian Province.
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| Provinces
: Jilin |
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| | Changchun
| Jilin | Baishan
| Siping | Tonghua
| Baicheng | Yanji | Hunjiang | Liaoyuan
| Tumen | |
| Jilin province is located in the central part of Northeast China,
adjoining Heilongjiang Province in the north, Lianing Province in
the south, and the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region in the west.
It lies in the hinterland of the northeastern Asia composed of Japan,
Russia, the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, the Republic of
Korea, Mongolia, and the northeast part of China, adjacent to Russia
in the east, and opposite to the DPRK in the southeast across the
Tumen and Yalu rivers. |
| Provinces
: Liaoning |
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| | Shenyang
| Dalian | Huludao
| Anshan | Fushun
| Benxi | Dandong
| Jinzhou |
Yingkou | |
| As the southernmost province among the three in Northeast China,
Liaoning has an excellent location on the Yellow Sea and the Bohai
Gulf. Its also gateway to the Korean Peninsula and faces Japan. Through
its history, the province has been strongly influenced by minority
groups. As early as the 10th century, the Qidan people invaded this
region and established the Liao Dynasty. |
| Provinces
: Ningxia |
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| | Yinchuan
| Shizuishan
| Wuzhong |
Guyuan | Zhongwei
| Qingtongxia | |
| Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Ning for short, founded on October
25th, 1958, is the one and only Hui autonomous region in China. Ningxia
is located in the middle reaches of the Yellow River in northwest
China, and lies between north latitude 34143923 and east longitude
1041710739. |
| Provinces
: Qinghai |
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| | Xining
| Haixi | Haidong
| Golmud | Lenghu | Da Qaidam | Yushu | |
| Known as the birthplace of three of Asia's rivers, this province
is situated on the northeastern part of the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau.
The Yellow River originates in the middle of the province, while the
Yangtze and Mekong have their headwaters in the southern part. Lying
on highlands averaging 3, 000 m above sea level, Qinghai Province
sprawls over an area of more than 720,000 sq km . |
| Provinces
: Shaanxi |
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| | Xian
| Xianyang
| Baoji | Hanzhong
| Tongchuan
| Yan'an |
Ankang | Weinan
| Shangluo
| Yulin | |
| Situated on the Northwest China Loess highland, this province on
the middle reaches of the Yellow River covers an area of 206,000 sq
km inhabited by 34.425 million people. The provincial capital is Xi'an,
a rising industrial center straddling China's east-west trunk line
-- the Longhai Railway. Shaanxi is one of the cradles of the Chinese
nation where 13 dynasties made their national capital. |
| Provinces
: Shandong |
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| | Jinan
| Yantai | Weifang
| Qingdao |
Zibo | Zaozhuang
| Weihai | Dongying
| Qufu | Taian
| Jining | Rizhao
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| Lying on the East China seaboard where the Yellow River empties
into the sea, Shandong Province forms a part of a large peninsula
that thrusts far out into the Yellow Sea. Along its 3,000-km coastline
are 25 ports, the biggest being Qingdao, Rizhao, Weihai, Yantai and
Longkou. The province has an area of 156, 7000 sq km and a population
of 86,432,000. |
| Provinces
: Shanxi |
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| | Taiyuan
| Datong | Pingyao
| Changzhi |
Jincheng | Yangquan
| Shuozhou |
Yuncheng | Jinzhong
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| Shanxi Province, abbreviated as Jin, is situated in northern China,
and adjacent to Hebei, Henan, Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi. It is so-called
for its location on the west side of Taihang Mountains. Covering an
area of over 150,000 square kilometers, Shanxi has a population of
32.97 million, which embracies the Hans, Huis, Manchurians, Mongolians,
and other ethnic peoples. |
| Provinces
: Sichuan |
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| | Chengdu
| Leshan | Jiuzhaigou
| Zigong | Aba
| Panzhihua
| Luzhou | Deyang
| Mianyang
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| Being a world-famous "Land of abundance". Sichuan is a
beautiful and miraculous Land in west China. Situated on the upper
reaches of the Changjiang River, Sichuan is one of the four largest
basins in China. Sichuan covers a vast area of 485000 square kilometers,
accounting for 5.1% of China's total area. |
| Provinces
: Taiwan |
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| The pre-history of Taiwan can be traced back 50,000-30,000 years.
At that time, the island and the mainland were linked, and thus archaeologists
generally agree that the paleolithic cultures discovered on Taiwan
are related to those found on the mainland. By the end of the last
glacier epoch around 18,000-10,000 years ago, the island was separated
from mainland. The archaeological findings indicated that different
groups of people moved to Taiwan from the southeast coast of mainland
and from Southeast Asia in different times and created the neolithic
cultures and metal cultures on the island. |
| Provinces
: Tibet (Xizang) |
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| | Lhasa
| Ngari | Nyingchi | Shigatse | |
The Tibet Autonomous Region is located in the southwest part of
the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It borders on Sichuan and Yunnan provinces
to the east, Qinghai and Xinjiang to the north, and shares borders
with India, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Burma to the south, and bounded
by Kashmir to the west.
The region covers more than 1.2 million square kilometers, accounting
for one eighth of Chinas total land mass, and ranking second in China. |
| Provinces
: Zhejiang |
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| | Hangzhou
| Ningbo | Wenzhou
| Shaoxing
| Jinhua | Jiaxing
| Huzhou | Yiwu
| Lishui | Quzhou
| Taizhou |
Zhoushan | |
| Zhejiang Province is situated along the shore of the East Sea. It
has a total area of over 100,000 square kilometers (38,600 square
miles) and a population of 46 million. Zhejiang is home to many minority
ethnic groups including Han, Hui, Manchu and Miao. Zhejiang is the
province with the most islands in China, with more than 200 islands
along its coast. |
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