South-west Shandong does not hand out easy identities, but Zaozhuang has always had several at once. It is a coal city, a canal city, a battle city and, increasingly, a place trying to turn old weight into new momentum.
山东西南部并不轻易给城市贴标签，但枣庄一直同时拥有好几个身份。它是煤城、运河城、战城，而且越来越像一座正把旧包袱变成新动能的城市。
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