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- An autonomous region of southern China on the Vietnamese border. Nanning is the capital.
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- proper noun A
Zhuang autonomous region of thePeople's Republic of China .
Etymologies
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The horse trade in Guangxi began in the Northern Song period and had its apex in the Southern Song period.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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Fang Guoyu estimated that the average scale of horse trade in Guangxi was about 70,000 taels of silver, based on the 1,500 heads a year and an assessment of thirty to seventy taels a head. 179 Fang's calculation only speaks to the trade between the Dali and the Song kingdoms, since it excludes the trade in Sichuan and exchanges of other items.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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The Song state set the quota of horses in Guangxi at 1,500 heads each year; however, some years saw the purchase of 3,000 to 4,000 heads. 178 The horse trade became a major issue both for central and local governments in the Southern Song period.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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This is probably because Sichuan was too close to the north and it confronted Dali face to face, while in Guangxi and Guizhou many local ethnic peoples could form a buffer zone if any conflicts occurred.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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Xinhua News Agency said the seizure was the largest this year in Guangxi region, where 25 illegally captured crocodiles were discovered in the first six months.
Archive 2007-07-22 Bill Crider 2007
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'Sightings of the gibbons show that forest ecology has improved significantly in Guangxi and that local people have become more positive in protecting wild animals,' said Zhou Fang, an animal expert with Guangxi University, who participated in the investigations.
Archive 2006-11-01 2006
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Sightings of the animal in Guangxi brought the total number of black crested gibbons in the world to about 50.
Archive 2006-11-01 2006
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Quick Facts: The Li River or Li Jiang as the Chinese call it is the stream in Guangxi Province, China.
Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009
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Quick Facts: The Li River or Li Jiang as the Chinese call it is the stream in Guangxi Province, China.
Shenzhen, Guilin, Li River and Yangshuo admin 2009
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Geochronology of AiluropodaStegodon fauna and Gigantopithecus in Guangxi Province, southern China
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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