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China to
create largest mega city in the world with 42 million
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Telegraph)
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There are over 160 cities in China with population over
one million.
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Total Population: 1.29533 billion (about 22% of total population in
the world)
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The
most populated administrative region: Henan Province (92.56 million)
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The
least populated administrative region: Tibet
(Xizang) Autonomous Region (2.62 million)
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The
province with the fastest increase in population during the past decade:
Guangdong Province (37.5% increase);
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Chongqing makes happiest list
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This
southwestern city has dwarfed the country's political and
economic centers as the only provincial-level municipality
listed among China's happiest 10 cities in 2010, China Daily
reported Tuesday.
The secret recipe for its residents' happiness, the judges
and survey respondents said, is its massive crackdown on
organized crime coupled with locals' love of singing
revolutionary-era songs.
The annual happiest cities list complied by Xinhua News
Agency affiliate Oriental Outlook developed criteria based
on people's feeling of happiness rather than economic
achievements.
The 12 criteria include interpersonal intimacy, job
opportunities, educational quality, security, traffic,
medical professionalism, housing prices, natural
environments, economic development, culture and
entertainment, and civility.
This year's assessment was based on 24,000 valid
questionnaires, 1.78 million respondents' replies to
newspaper polls and an additional 45 million polled online
from September until November, according to the list's
organizing committee.
Chongqing's war on crime and its love of "red" songs are
unique among listed cities.
More than 15,000 students and teachers from local
universities "frequently" assembled this year to sing red
songs, Tuesday's China Daily cited the local official
newspaper Chongqing Daily as saying.
Most residents say they cannot tell if they are happier than
last year, but they have noticed positive changes.
Porter Han Kailiang, 63, said the city is indeed safer.
Two years ago, thugs posing as T-shirt promoters brought Han
and several others to a backstreet "warehouse" where they
robbed them.
"We can now easily seek help from traffic and patrol police
officers stationed anywhere," Han said.
Architect Tang Guangyong said he could "sense the changes
and improvements".
Infrastructure development has been particularly fast, the
27-year-old said.
"The city is cleaner, neater and more comfortable. Old
people spend their free time playing cards and Chinese
chess. That's very nice."
The 10 cities that made the list are
Chongqing,
Chengdu and Kunming in
Southwest China; Hangzhou,
Nanjing and
Wuxi in East China; Changsha
in Central China; Guangzhou in
South China; and Changchun and
Tonghua in Northeast China. (Dec.28, 2010) |
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Chinese
Cities and Counties Which Changed Names in Recent Years |
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Old
City/County Names |
New
City/County Names |
Year
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Luxi,
Yunnan |
Mang,
Yunnan
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2010 |
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Xiangfan,
Hubei |
Xiangyang,
Hubei |
2010 |
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Dayong,
Hunan |
Zhangjiajie,
Hunan |
1994 |
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Guanxian,
County
Sichuan |
Dujiangyan,
Sichuan
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1988 |
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Chongan
County,
Fujian |
Wuyishan,
Fujian |
1989 |
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Nanping
County,
Sichuan |
Jiuzhaigou,
Sichuan
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1998 |
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Lunan
County,
Yunnan |
Shilin
County,
Yunnan P |
2009 |
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Zhongdian
County,
Yunnan |
Shangri-la County,
Yunnan |
2002 |
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Huizhou
Region,
Anhui |
Huangshan,
Anhui |
1987 |
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Simao,
Yunnan |
Puer,
Yunnan
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2007 |
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