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Well, 2 million more than the nominal number of residents in Chongqing… So, what is a typical work commute like in this city? In the evening, leaving the office, the author decides that the ...
Jiulongpo (simplified Chinese: 九龙坡; traditional Chinese: 九龍坡; pinyin: Jiǔlóngpō Qū) is a district forming part of the western part of the Chongqing urban core (重庆主城区). Its total population is around 675,000, while its urban city population is nearly 650,000 (2005).
Eighteen Stairs Great Tunnel is located at the northern side of the rock wall in the Eighteen Stairs district. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Chongqing began construction of public and private air-raid shelters. As part of the Chongqing Great Tunnel, the Eighteen Stairs air-raid shelter was one of the larger one in Chongqing at that time.
Yuzhong District is the economic center of Chongqing. In 2015, the region's GDP reached 95.8 billion Yuan , the per capita GDP reached 147,524 Yuan , [ 3 ] retail sales reached 141.6 billion Yuan. [ citation needed ] The number of commercial banks in the district and municipal financial institutions reached 18, including HSBC , Standard ...
STORY: Officials warned this month that temperatures were rising faster in China than in the rest of the world and a record-breaking heatwave has raised concern about its ability to adapt to rapid ...
STORY: A handful of people walked past in a hurry carrying umbrellas to prevent sunburn.Forty-eigh-year-old tourist, Xu, from China's Guangdong province likened it to a furnace.“I do not regret ...
Smear (Cristian Gheorghiu) (Los Angeles) – graffiti, street art, contemporary painter The Splasher (New York City) – a serial vandal who splattered other works of street art with paint Stay High 149 (born Wayne Roberts; October 20, 1950 – June 11, 2012; New York) – graffiti artist [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
Chongqing, a sprawling municipality in southwest China, issued heightened warnings for heavy rain in 24 districts and counties on Friday, according to state media, as downpours pummel the area and ...