Chengdu Map
Capital of Sichuan Province Altitude: 500m/1640ft. Area: 1447sq.km/559sq. miles Population: 2,540,000 (conurbation 4,420,000) Situation and Chengdu lies in an important rice and wheat-growing region in the centre Communications 0f …
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Guangxi Map
Area: 236,OOOsq.km/91,OOOsq. miles Population: 43,240,000. Capital: Nanning The autonomous region of Guangxi lies in south China, between 104°29′ and 112°03’E and 20°54′ and 26°23’N. In addition to the Han …
Tai’an Map
Population: 1,200,000 Tai’an lies at 117°08’E and 36°12’N, in Shandong province, 70km/43’/2 miles south of Shandong, the provincial capital. There are rail and bus links with Shandong. One of …
Beijing
Beijing Peking present day name Beijing (“northern capital”). The majority of today’s existing buildings and the layout of the city (see below) date from this dynasty. In 1644 Li …
Chongqing
Chinghai See Qinghai Chongqing Province: Sichuan Altitude: 261m/857ft. Area: 1521sq.km/587sq. miles Population: 2,650,000 (conurbation 6,510,000) Chongqing lies in the eastern part of Sichuan province, at the confluence of the …
Travel to Fuzhou
Fuzhou lies on the Minjian river in the east of Fujian province and some 50km/30 miles from the sea, at 119°18’E and 26°06’N. The town can be reached by …
China in Quotations
This Countrie may bee said to excell in these particulers: Antiquity, largeness, Ritchnesse, healthynesse, Plentifullnesse. For Arts and manner off government I thinck noe Kingdome in the world Comparable …
Anshan Map
Chinese equivalent Province: Liaoning. Area: 70sq.km/27sq. miles Population: 1,210,000 (conurbation 2,510,000) Anshan lies at 122°59’E and 41°08’N, in the centre of the north-eastern province of Liaoning, 90km/56 miles south …
The islands of Lantau, Chek Lap Kok, Cheung Chau and Peng Chau
The islands to the west of Kowloon and Hong Kong can be reached by regular ferry connections. The boats berth on Hong Kong Island at the “Outlying Islands” quay …
Seoul travel guide Chinese
Ni Zan was one of the “Four Great Masters of the Yuan Period”. His work is characterised by a chalky colour-wash effect. One of his own poems usually accompanies …