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There's more to Beijing than meets the eye at street-level. Under bustling sidewalks is a subterranean city with its own classrooms, movie theater and restaurants. See more »
China is by far the most populous country on earth, with one-fourth of the world's total population inside its borders. It is also the world's oldest continuing civilization.
There's more to Beijing than meets the eye at street-level. Under bustling sidewalks is a subterranean city with its own classrooms, movie theater and restaurants. See more »
Manchuria, the northeastern part of China, known to the Chinese as Dongbei (“the Northeast”).
See more »Nanchang, China, the capital and most populous city of Jiangxi province. It lies on the Gan River near Poyang Lake, about 370 miles (595 km) southwest of Shanghai.
See more »Nanjing, also Nan-ching, both, and Nanking, China, the capital of Jiangsu province.
See more »Qingdao, also Tsingtao, China, a city and major naval and commercial seaport in Shandong province.
See more »Qiqihar, or, both chē′chē-här (also Tsitsihar), China, a city in Heilongjiang province, Manchuria.
See more »Shenyang, (Manchu: Mukden,), China, the capital of Liaoning province. It is in southern Manchuria on the Hun River, 400 miles (640 km) east-northeast of Beijing, the national capital.
See more »Shijiazhuang, also Shihchiachuang and Shih-chia-chuang, China, the capital of Hebei province, about 160 miles (260 km) southwest of Beijing.
See more »Suzhou, also Soochow or Su-chou, all, China, a city in Jiangsu province. The city lies in the Yangtze River delta about 50 miles (80 km) west of Shanghai, on the Grand Canal.
See more »Taiyuan, China, the capital of Shanxi province. It lies in the fertile Fen River valley, some 240 miles (390 km) southwest of Beijing.
See more »Tangshan, or T'ang-shan, China, a city in Hebei province, about 100 miles (160 km) east-southeast of Beijing, the national capital.
See more »Tianjin, also Tientsin and T'ien-chin, China, the nation's third largest city. It lies on the Hai He at its junction with the Grand Canal, 31 miles (50 km) east of the Bo Hai, an arm of the Yellow Sea.
See more »Tibet, (Chinese: Xizang), a geographical and political region of southwestern China.
See more »Wuhan, China, the capital of Hubei province and the largest city in central China.
See more »Xi'an (also Sian or Hsi-an), China, the capital of Shaanxi province. The city lies in the Wei River valley, about 570 miles (917 km) southwest of Beijing.
See more »Xiamen or Hsiamen, also Amoy, China, a city in Fujian province. It lies on a coastal island in the Taiwan Strait.
See more »Xuzhou, also Suchow or, a city in Jiangsu province, China. It is about 325 miles (523 km) northwest of Shanghai.
See more »Zibo, or Tzupo, China, a city in Shandong province, some 250 miles (400 km) south-southeast of Beijing.
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