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Hunan China
As the birthplace of Mao Zedong, Communist Party cadres might wax lyrical about the sacred standing of Hunan (湖南; Húnán) in the annals of Chinese history, but it's the province's dramatic scenery that is the real draw. A magnificent landscape of isolated mountain ranges and jagged peaks envelops more than 80% of the province. The most astonishing example is found at the phantasmagorical Zhangjiajie, one of China's most surreal national parks. Here, as in other parts of the province, geological marvels thrust up majestically from green vales fed by tributaries in the fertile Yangzi River basin.
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Great walls of China: the Middle Kingdom's enduring city walls
Jun 14, 2017 • 8 Min read
China may have one Great Wall, but it also has many great walls. Military defenses were long an important architectural feature of cities throughout the…
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Incredible 100-metre-long Coiling Dragon Cliff skywalk opens to public in China
Aug 2, 2016 • 1 Min read
A breathtaking new skywalk that allows tourists to follow a curving path along a gigantic mountain has opened in China.
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