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15 Cards in this Set
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China capital
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Beijing
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Shanghai
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largest city
"Paris of the East" French designed an Opera house here |
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Terracotta Warriors
(NW Provinces) |
tomb of Emperor Quin Shi (210 BC), site contains an army of 6,000 terracotta warriors.
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The Silk Road
(NW Provinces) |
traveled by Marco Polo
Xian easternmost city of Silk Road |
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Mogao Caves
(NW Provinces) |
in the desert covered w murals telling the story of Buddhism
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Chengdu
(Central Provinces) |
religious sites
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Leshan, Chengdu
(Central Provinces) |
giant stone Buddha
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3 gorges
(Central Provinces) |
dam has been completed-river cruises are popular
many sites were inundated and historic sites were lost |
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Tibet
(Southern Provinces) |
has been a part of China since 1950s. For centuries it was an independent country, isolated from the world.
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Stone Forrest
(Southern Provinces) |
near Vietnam and Laos
rocks shaped like needles from trees |
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Guilin Region
(Southern Provinces) |
magnet for poets, writers, monks, and missionaries
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Hong Kong
(Southern Provinces) |
British took Hong Kong from China in 1841 after 1st Opium War and returned it in 1997
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Hong Kong Kowloon side
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The Golden Mile (most hotels are here)
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Hong Kong side
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World Financial Center
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Macao
(Southern Provinces) |
a former Portuguese colony, returned to China in 1999.
40% of income comes from gambling (casinos) |
