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Hohhot; the Blue City of Two Scripts, Old Temples and China’s Dairy Capital
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26th October 2026
Hohhot began in the 1570s as a Mongol khan's copy of the lost Yuan capital, was named for submission by the Ming and for the colour blue by the Mongols, and is now a city where dairy giants share...
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