Haikou is China's youngest provincial capital, set at a river mouth about 460 kilometres across the Gulf of Tonkin from Hanoi, on an island the Han once governed in the same province as Vietnam's Red River delta.
海口是中国最年轻的省会,坐落在一处河口,隔北部湾与河内相距约四百六十公里,而它所在的这座岛,汉朝曾把它与越南红河三角洲划在同一个州里。
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Guangdong and Guangxi owe their names to a Han county, Guangxin, "Broad Trust", that stood around today's Wuzhou; the Tropic of Cancer cuts through the city, and its workshops process more than 70 percent of the world's synthetic gems.
广东和广西的名字都来自汉代的广信县,意为"广布恩信",它就在今天的梧州一带;北回归线从这座城市穿过,而这里的作坊加工着全世界百分之七十以上的人工宝石。
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China’s human brain banks are still struggling to attract donors more than a decade after the first facilities opened, according to neuroscientist Duan Shumin. The shortage is becoming more urgent as researchers find that dementia is often more complicated...
Chinese road trippers are swapping hotel rooms for the back seats of their own cars, folding them flat into beds and parking overnight at service stations, scenic car parks and even hotel grounds, while still using the hotel's showers...
When it comes to English-language education on China, there are "international schools" and "international-style schools", with the former accepting foreign passport holders only, or the children thereof. The Nanjinger's list breaks down the most reputable names in the field.
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