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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of east-central China east of Nanjing on the Yangtze River and the Grand Canal.
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- proper noun A
prefecture -levelcity Jiangsu province, ineastern China .
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Recently, I hopped on a long-distance bus to the city of Yangzhou, one of China's fabled destinations of yore.
Chi Tung: China's Second Tier: Where Accidental Tourism Happens Chi Tung 2011
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The D train--China's fastest train and most painless, efficient mode of transportation -- is nowhere to be found in Yangzhou.
Chi Tung: China's Second Tier: Where Accidental Tourism Happens Chi Tung 2011
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For the time being, Yangzhou is in no hurry to grab a seat -- a strategy that befits the leisurely pace of its locals.
Chi Tung: China's Second Tier: Where Accidental Tourism Happens Chi Tung 2011
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Yangzhou is breathtakingly beautiful, all rippling canals, charmingly rickety bridges, anachronistic archways, cobbled streets, and a majestic Slender West Lake that rivals anything in Hangzhou China's most bankable asset for tourism in terms of sheer panoramic grandeur.
Chi Tung: China's Second Tier: Where Accidental Tourism Happens Chi Tung 2011
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Yet culturally is where Yangzhou truly stands out.
Chi Tung: China's Second Tier: Where Accidental Tourism Happens Chi Tung 2011
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Still, the fact remains that Yangzhou is a T or a Z, which makes it either a giant outlier in the government's long-standing tradition of mining canal-rich towns see: Suzhou, or perhaps a built-in excuse to continue coddling the Hangzhou tourism bureau.
Chi Tung: China's Second Tier: Where Accidental Tourism Happens Chi Tung 2011
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Yet culturally is where Yangzhou truly stands out.
Chi Tung: China's Second Tier: Where Accidental Tourism Happens Chi Tung 2011
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One woman with a Chinese state-run dance troupe that performed for Mr. Kim in Yangzhou posted smartphone pictures of the event a day later.
Kim Jong Il in Beijing for Stealth Summit Evan Ramstad 2011
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Of course, many cities throughout China get relegated to the T's and Z's letters that designate slower trains, so what makes Yangzhou deserving of a D?
Chi Tung: China's Second Tier: Where Accidental Tourism Happens Chi Tung 2011
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This past weekend, I hopped on a long-distance bus to the city of Yangzhou, one of China's fabled destinations of yore.
Chi Tung: China's Second Tier: Where Accidental Tourism Happens Chi Tung 2011
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