tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116162822011-04-21T18:42:44.601ZIndependent travel guide to China: covering mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, focusing on China’s cultural and natural heritage, information for independent travellers, and facts about (or prejudice against) the country, written by a Hong Kong Chinese.Discover Chinanoreply@blogger.comBlogger1721100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11616282.post-1123058833545992132005-08-03T00:00:00.000Z2005-08-03T08:52:58.056Z

This is probably my last post in blogger / blogspot.But this is not my last blog.Today, I will move to my new home in Typepad and have a new name: Letters from China.99.9% of articles in blogger / blogspot shall move to Letters from China by the end of this month. I am going to update all the articles. In the meantime, I may not write new articles until September.To avoid the problem of dead

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‘In Shunde, Guangdong.’ ‘I beg your pardon?’While Hong Kong has done little to preserve the memory of Kung Fu legend Bruce Lee, people in the southern province of Guangdong again demonstrate they are sometimes even more enterprising than the capitalist SAR......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click First Bruce Lee Museum In China to continue to read this article.

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So close, and yet so farKung fu film legend Bruce Lee’s old address, number 41 Cumberland Road, is now home to Romance Hotel. And yes, it is a love hotel......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Bruce Lee Museum in Hong Kong? to continue to read this article.

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‘Can I apply a China visa in Hong Kong?’ Probably one of the most frequently asked questions in China travel-related forums. The short answer is ‘yes’......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Applying China Visa In Hong Kong to continue to read this article.

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The two international airports in Taiwan are......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Taiwan's International Airports to continue to read this article.

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International ferries connect Shimonoseki in southeast Japan with Qingdao in Shandong......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Shimonoseki To Qingdao-Ferry to continue to read this article.

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- Harbin 731 Museum‘I have done what no human being should ever do,’ said Yoshio Shinozuka, a former member of the Japanese army’s notorious Unit 731 who considered himself a war criminal, BBC News reported......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Unit 731's Unusual Laboratory Rats to continue to read this article.

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While Disneyland has long been accused of a symbol of cultural imperialism, Hong Kong Disneyland may provide an example for counter argument, in a way......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Disneyland With Chinese Characteristics to continue to read this article.

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Oh! Turbulence!Oasis Hong Kong Airlines, a Hong Kong-based long-haul budget airlines company, may not make its maiden flight as expected by the end of 2005......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Hong Kong New Long-haul Budget Airlines to continue to read this article.

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Its fate is now in the hands of travellersPingyao Ancient City in Pinyao in Shanxi, founded in the 14th century and inscribed on the list of World Heritage sites, is 'in a critical condition'......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Pingyao City Is Falling Down to continue to read this article.

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Well, at least the airlines company identifies itself as budget airlines.China’s privately owned Spring Airlines made its maiden flight from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport to Yantai in Shangdong......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click China's First Budget Airlines Made Its Maiden Flight to continue to read this article.

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Unlike Beijing or Xian, Henan Province, sandwiched geographically between the two ancient capitals, has never captured the imagination of travellers......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Henan-Four Ancient Capitals to continue to read this article.

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Searching for official and authoritative information of railways in a vast country like China can be a painful experience......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Official Websites Of Chinese Railways to continue to read this article.

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China has nominated Wolong Nature Reserve and Yin Ruins for inscription in the list of World Heritage sites in 2006, the China Daily reported......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Wolong And Yin Ruins Nominated World Heritage Sites to continue to read this article.

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Macao, a city long overshadowed by Hong Kong, has proven that it is more than ‘Las Vegas of the orient’......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Macao-China's 31st World Heritage Site to continue to read this article.

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I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click CNOOC's Advertisements For Unocal Bid to continue to read this article.

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Let A Hundred Sunflowers BloomAfter television and underwear, China price is reshaping the oil painting industry......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Buy Art-Shenzhen Dafen Oil Painting Village to continue to read this article.

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China may be prepared to use nuclear weapons against the United States if it is attacked by Washington during a confrontation over Taiwan, a Chinese general said on July 14, 2005.General Zhu Chenghu, a self-acknowledged hawk, stressed that his comments reflected his personal views and not official policy. Beijing has long insisted that it will not initiate the use of nuclear weapons in any

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A group of French speakers in Japan are suing the Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara for describing French as a failed Language, the BBC report said......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Tokyo Governor: French Is A Failed Language to continue to read this article.

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Vladivostok, the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway and the capital of Primorsky, is connected with Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang, by railway......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Vladivostok To Harbin to continue to read this article.

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From Buryatia, a republic in Siberian Russia between Lake Baikal and Mongolia (capital: Ulan-Ude), travellers can head south to Mongolia (and Inner Mongolia, Northern China) by train......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Buryatia To Inner Mongolia to continue to read this article.

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Chita, a Russian city east of Ulan-Ude, has a major station of the Trans-Siberian Railway and is a gateway to North-East China......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Chita To Harbin to continue to read this article.

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In a day of commemorations for the 60th anniversary of the end of the second world war, huge crowds joined the Horse Guards Parade. And yes, it was only a few days after the 77 Terror Attacks on London. ‘A Churchillian hand-signal to the bombers’, wrote John Simpson, BBC world affairs editor.‘Walking in the hot sunshine in the Mall with my family, I could see that the people round me felt much as

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One Stone Two BirdsRed tourism, according to He Guangwei, head of China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), is ‘to eulogise the brilliant cause of the [Communist] Party’......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Red Tourism to continue to read this article.

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Equestrian events for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will be held in Hong Kong due to potential sanitary problems in Beijing. The move to Hong Kong will save Beijing an estimated 1.1 billion yuan (more than $100 million). The Standard reported that the decision of International Olympic Committee (IOC) was not welcomed by the equestrian community in Beijing. But Discover China wonders if Beijing

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Hong Kong Wen Wei Po, a Communist Party-backed newspaper, reported that Shanghai Disneyland would open in Chuansha Town in Pudong District before 2010......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Shanghai Disneyland v Hong Hong Disneyland to continue to read this article.

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I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Mouthpiece: London Terror Attacks, By The Way to continue to read this article.

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‘77’ may have special meanings to the Chinese and the Japanese who are not ignorant about their history. But it must mean a lot to the Chinese Communist Party......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click 77 to continue to read this article.

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Chinese Minister of Civil Affairs revealed that there are still 26 million rural residents living in absolute poverty in China and 50 million with low income......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Rural Chinese In Absolute Poverty to continue to read this article.

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The major pass in border between Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang in China is Torugart Pass, which is ‘Central Asia’s most exciting overland crossing. Scenically impressive but logistically complicated and potentially expensive.’ (Lonely Planet Central Asia (2000)) ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Kyrgyzstan To Xinjiang to continue to read this article.

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‘We have signed a feasibility study memorandum to start work on a trans-Kazakhstan narrow-gauge railway to connect western China and the Caspian Sea,’......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click China-Europe Railway to continue to read this article.

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Hong Kong government official told Hong Kong Economic Journal that CR Airways and Hong Kong Express Airways, two Hong Kong-based budget airlines, will bring more competition to Hong Kong-China routes and airfares will drop......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Hong Kong Budget Airlines to continue to read this article.

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There are direct flights linking Kabul (capital of Afghanistan) with Urumqi (capital of Xinjiang)......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Afghanistan To Xinjiang to continue to read this article.

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The People’s Daily proudly announced, ‘the maglev [magnetic levitation] train made its maiden trip Sept. 20 [2003] in Shanghai. It took eight minutes to complete the 30 kilometers one-way journey - from Longyang Road to Pudong International Airport, making it the world's fastest commercial maglev train for sightseeing use.’......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click

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It is possible to travel from Eastern Kazakhstan to Xinjiang overland. The three major border towns in Xinjiang (from south to north) are: Huocheng (霍城), Tacheng (塔城) and Jimunai (吉木乃)......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Kazakhstan To Xinjiang to continue to read this article.

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Myanmar will reopen its section of Ledo Highway (also known as Stilwell Highway) linking North-East India, Myanmar and China’s Yunnan by 2006, reported People’s Daily......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click India-Myanmar-Yunnan Overland to continue to read this article.

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Whether travellers can visit North Korea still depends on the Great Leader’s merciful hands. However, even if the readers of Discover China may not have the luck or privilege to travel to North Korea, Jilin and Liaoning in Northeast China are still great places for experiencing ‘Korean’ natural beauty and heritage......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Changbaishan and

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The Gyeongui Railway re-linking Koreas has been completed, according to Korea.net, a South Korea-based news website. The railway, which runs up the western side of the peninsula, physically links Koreas for the first time in half a century......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Korea To Liaoning-Gyeongui Railway to continue to read this article.

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Ferries connect Incheon, a major South Korean port, with Shandong’s Weihai and Qingdao. Travellers may check the ferry company’s website for updated schedule and fares......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click South Korea To Shandong-Ferry to continue to read this article.

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Travellers in Northeast Myanmar may (or may not) get into Yunnan’s border towns Ruili and Wanding (both in the administrative region of Ruili, Dehong Prefecture)......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Myanmar To Yunnan to continue to read this article.

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Travellers can head overland from Lao (Laos) to Xishuangbanna in Southern Yunnan. The border crossing on China’s side is Mohan in Mengla County......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Lao To Yunnan to continue to read this article.

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Both Lonely Planet Vietnam (2003) and South-West China (2002) told their readers that there is an international train running between Hanoi and Kunming, the capital of Yunnan......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Hanoi-Yunnan Train to continue to read this article.

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China has six cultural heritage sites on ‘2006 World Monuments Fund 100 Most Endangered Sites List’......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click China’s Most Endangered Cultural Heritage Sites to continue to read this article.

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The Hanoi-Beijing international train stops at Youyiguan (pronounced as you-yi-guan) or Friendship Pass in Pingxiang (pronounced as ping-xiang), Nanning (the capital of Guangxi), and Guilin (where travellers can head towards Yangshuo)......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Hanoi-Guangxi Train to continue to read this article.

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Family run B&Bs are emerging in Gaobeidian Village (高碑店村) in Chaoyang District, the East End of Beijing City, reported Chaoyang Daily......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Homestay In Chaoyang, Beijing to continue to read this article.

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Two private companies in China recently bought 65% of shares in Shenzhen Airlines in an auction, which will turn it into China’s biggest private airline......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Shenzhen Airlines Becomes China’s First Big Private Airline to continue to read this article.

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The Economist reported that China has more than 200,000 zhaodaisuo (招待所 / zhao-dai-suo), traditionally flop-houses with beds at around 80 Chinese yuan (US$10) in 'cheerless dormitories with shared toilets'......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Clean Budget Hotels in China Boom to continue to read this article.

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An innovative extension of the Thirty-Year Rule by the Communist Party officials: until recently, the disastrous Cultural Revolution which might have caused the death of million people (and even if the victims are ‘lucky’ survivor, many of them could not have escaped from the inhuman physical and psychological torture) has been a taboo subject in China......I have moved to my new home Letters

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A reader of Discover China told your blogger that she had not expected to read the review on Footprint Tibet (see this and this) in a travel blog, not least because the review was ‘so political’ and ‘not really relevant to travel’......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Goodbye Good Old Lonely Planet to continue to read this article.

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If readers have a special taste of massive parade or ‘cultural performance’ organised by the Chinese Communist Party, they may want to mark their diary and visit Lhasa this September......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Visit Lhasa In September, If … to continue to read this article.

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Discover China told his readers that he would vote for Gyurme Dorje’s Footprint Tibet should there be an election of ‘Misguidance on Tibet’......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Is Footprint Tibet A Misguidance? to continue to read this article.

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A Kathmandu-Lhasa coach service kicked off in May 2005 according to Xinhua, the state-owned news agency......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Nepal-Tibet Coach to continue to read this article.

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The Tibet Society’s review: [Footprint Tibet is] the best guidebook on Tibet I have ever seen......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click The Best [Mis] Guidebook on Tibet-Footprint Tibet to continue to read this article.

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China has about 130 airports (airports in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan are not included). The top ten airports in China, ranked by number of passengers in 2004, are:1. Beijing Airport......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click China’s Top Ten Airports to continue to read this article.

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Supported by the Anhui Museum, Huizhou (pronounced as hui-zhou) architecture (or, more precisely, the architectural components) is now on display at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Huizhou Architecture to continue to read this article.

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From Eastern Han to High Tang: A Journey of Transculturation, a splendid thematic exhibition is being staged at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, one of the ‘Top Five’ recommended by Lonely Planet Hong Kong (2004)......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click First-Class Treasures, Second-Class Visitors to continue to read this article.

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The Qinghai-Tibet Railway will link Lhasa, the capital of Tibet and Golmud in Qinghai. The project of the 1,000 km railway crossing some of the highest mountain ranges in the world is ambitious, to say the least......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Golmud-Lhasa Railway to continue to read this article.

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Tibet can be a rather tricky concept which may not be as straightforward as it might appear at first sight......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Visit Tibet? Great But What Do You Mean? to continue to read this article.

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‘Bureaucratic obstacles to entering Tibet’ is ‘a potentially more insurmountable barrier than the Himalaya’. The Lonely Planet Tibet (2002) said......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Fly To Lhasa From Chengdu to continue to read this article.

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Caveat emptor: The blogger of Discover China is going to write a survey of Tibet travel starting from today; he is a Hong Kong-born Han Chinese......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Tibet Or Xizang to continue to read this article.

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FC Barcelona might put the word ‘Beijing’ on the front of their shirts to promote the 2008 Olympic Games. The Catalan football club has never sold the rights to its shirts and not unexpectedly, Beijing may have to pay 100 million euro for the deal......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Museums Without Muse to continue to read this article.

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My noble and learned reader wondered if Discover China had re-positioned as a directory – which might be conveniently (but perhaps rather misleadingly) defined as a website with a lot of links but no genuine content. The short answer is yes and no......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Letters From China Or Directories From China? to continue to read this article.

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Reference websites include Chinese Language developed by China's Ministry of Education and the website of Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK).

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To be updated.

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......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Hong Kong-based Airlines And Macao-based Airlines to continue to read this article.

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Population: 60,280,000Area: 180,000 sq kmCapital: Wuhan ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Hubei to continue to read this article.

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Population: 34,710,000Area: 120,000 sq kmCapital: Fuzhou ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Fujian to continue to read this article.

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Population: 41,400,000Area: 160,000 sq kmCapital: Nanchang ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Jiangxi to continue to read this article.

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Population: 30,900,000Area: 82,300 sq kmCapital: - ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Chongqing to continue to read this article.

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Population: 74,380,000Area: 100,000 sq kmCapital: Nanjing ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Jiangsu to continue to read this article.

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Population: 83,290,000Area: 480,000 sq kmCapital: Chengdu ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Sichuan to continue to read this article.

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Population: 23,760,000Area: 1,100,000 sq kmCapital: Hohhot ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Inner Mongolia to continue to read this article.

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Population: 35,250,000Area: 170,000 sq kmCapital: Guiyang ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Guizhou to continue to read this article.

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Population: 36,890,000Area: 460,000 sq kmCapital: Harbin ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Heilongjiang to continue to read this article.

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Population: 25,620,000Area: 390,000 sq kmCapital: Lanzhou ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Gansu to continue to read this article.

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Population: 32,790,000Area: 150,000 sq kmCapital: Taiyuan ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Shanxi to continue to read this article.

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Population: 42,880,000Area: 380,000 sq kmCapital: Kunming ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Yunnan to continue to read this article.

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Population: 6,800,000Area: 1,103 sq kmCapital: Central ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Hong Kong to continue to read this article.

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Population: 16,740,000Area: 6,340.5 sq kmCapital: - ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Shanghai to continue to read this article.

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Population: 86,420,000Area: 180,000 sq kmCapital: Guangzhou ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Guangdong to continue to read this article.

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Population:Area:Capital: Taipei ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Taiwan to continue to read this article.

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Population: 90,790,000Area: 150,000Capital: Jinan ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Shandong to continue to read this article.

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Population: 5,180,000Area: 720,000 sq kmCapital: Xining ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Qinghai to continue to read this article.

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Population: 46,770,000Area: 100,000 sq kmCapital: Hangzhou ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Zhejiang to continue to read this article.

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Population: 461,100Area: 27.3 sq kmCapital: - ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Macao to continue to read this article.

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Population: 2,620,000Area: 1,200,000 sq kmCapital: Lhasa ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Tibet to continue to read this article.

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Population: 9,240,000Area: 11,000 sq kmCapital: - ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Tianjin to continue to read this article.

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Population: 92,560,000Area: 160,000 sq kmCapital: Zhengzhou ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Henan to continue to read this article.

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Population: 19,250,000Area: 1,600,000 sq kmCapital: Urumqi ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Xinjiang to continue to read this article.

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Population: 44,890,000Area: 230,000 sq kmCapital: Nanning ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Guangxi to continue to read this article.

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Population: 67,440,000Area: 190,000 sq kmCapital: Shijiazhuang ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Hebei to continue to read this article.

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Population: 60,000,000Area: 130,000 sq kmCapital: Hefei ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Anhui to continue to read this article.

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Population: 64,400,000Area: 210,000 sq kmCapital: Changsha ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Hunan to continue to read this article.

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Population: 27,280,000Area: 180,000Capital: Changchun ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Jilin to continue to read this article.

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Population: 42,380,000Area: 150,000 sq kmCapital: Shenyang ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Liaoning to continue to read this article.

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Population: 11,000,000Area: 16,800 sq kmCapital: - ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Beijing to continue to read this article.

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Population:Area:Capital: Xian ......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Shaanxi to continue to read this article.

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Population:Area:Capital: YinchuanNingxia Tourist OfficeNingxia Government:Ningxia Government (See the website of Yinchuan Government)Ningxia CongressNingxia CourtNingxia ProcuratorateNingxia Political Consultative ConferenceLast Updated on 24.7.2005

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Population:Area:Capital: HaikoHainan Tourist OfficeHainan Government:Hainan GovernmentHainan CongressHainan CourtHainan ProcuratorateHainan Political Consultative ConferenceLast Updated on 20.7.2005

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......I have moved to my new home Letters From China. Please click Websites Of China Mobile Operators to continue to read this article.

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