Fenhe Reservoir

Taiyuan Masterplan

Taiyuan is the economic center of Shanxi Province and the surrounding area, with a population of approximately 4.3 million people. When the 24 counties and cities around the Taiyuan Metropolitan circle are included, the total population is near 10 million. The city is in the midst of modernization and urbanization due to the influx of Chinese from the countryside to the cities. This masterplan envisions a dense urban core that respects the topography of lakes and reservoirs within the city.

【视频看中国】Yichang,The son of the Yangtze River, China's electricity city

宜昌，可能很多人并不很熟悉，当人们听到三峡大坝，马上就会明白，宜昌真的是一个好地方。高峡出平湖，有山有水，是许多人的向往，希望自己能够亲自目睹的地方。

Chinese city Taiyuan undergoes massive road works

Taiyuan, the capital of north China's Shanxi Province, has to deal with heavy traffic congestion, a problem it shares with China's many other cities. Though the city has undertaken large-scale projects for more roadways to ease bottlenecks, residents will have to endure inconveniences from the construction. CCTV-America reporter Hu Chao looks at some of the city's growing pains.

【视频看中国】Tianjin,the capital of water transport in China!

天津人，没有一个不知道漕运的。这个城市就长在海河五大支流的汇流处，海河是天津的母亲河，要读懂这座城，一定要到访一下这条著名的河流——达沃斯论坛的举办地，就在海河边上，天津的底蕴、历史、文化，都流淌在这河流里了。

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China Trip Feburary 4th, 2012
Kunming to Yichuang
Shaanxi Province
Flight via Xian

Early flight to Xian, breakfast at 6:00am .. Bus ride to Yichang. Tony our guide dot he last few days left us and Mark our new guide met us at the airport in Xian. The temperature was about 2 deg c. but dry.. I kind of enjoyed the change. We are less the 100 meters above sea level and by the end of our 5 hour drive we will be about 1,000 meters. It was about noon and time for lunch but most of us were not really too hungry, it was decided to continue on to our destination and pick up snacks on the way.

During the bus ride Mark gave us a in depth history over view of Shaanxi province. This province has a 2,000 year old history as the center or capital of China. It was also the local where the Great Walk ended in the 1930's. The area of northern Shaanxi province is noted for oil and coal production. Yau Sun commented that Shannxi has most of its historical artifacts under ground where as the neighboring province of Shanxi has most of its historical artifacts above ground.

A few hours into the drive north, we stopped at a road side service center. I was a flat broke so I could not buy any junk food.. Tim was good enough to lend me 100y (I already owe him 20y).. Got to find a bank machine soon... As we pulled into the station Ella commented on the who,e in the hills.. I thought the we're grave sites.. But no, Mark told us they were dwelling. Actually homes and that as we drove north we would see more of them..

Arrived Yicahng around 4:00pm and had time to to walk around the town. Yichang is like many remote northern towns in China. They then to be dusty and have an industrial look and feel. Ella and I went for a walk around and noticed that the locals seemed to be surprised to see us.. They tended to have one of three reactions, excitement or just total shock. Some times the men gave Ella a strange look that she found unnerving..

We walked through a food market down a dark lane... The food looked good and the people were very friendly.. Later we went into a super market store. A young girl who it appeared followed us and approached me in the store to fine out where I was from and what language I spoke. She also asked me my name about four times. She was so beautiful and when I held her hand she blushed and shook like a leaf. we got a few photos with the store clerks and then headed back to the hotel.

Dinner was at a local restaurant that I am sure we would not be able to find on our own. It was a large two story with many rooms.. Our diner room had its own bath room with a north American style toilet. On a side note, the hotel was very strange. It was an original government style complex. On the outside it looked very plain. Three two story building facings a central square. The plain exterior did not reveal the extreme life style of the hotel lobby and rooms... All white marble floors. The lobby was as nice as any if the five star hotels and the rooms were amazing. Beautiful washrooms and showers, the TV and Computers in each room with internet. I had the feeling that these special facilities were available to a select few and the plain exterior was designed to not show off the lavish life style of the rooms..

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