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Mountain torrents, which occur when heavy rainfall in a mountainous area causes sudden and extreme rushes of water, killed five people on June 21 in Yuanlin county, Hunan, CCTV reported Monday ...
A red alert for heavy rainfall was issued on July 2, the same day that eight people died after a 15-meter (49 ft) section of a 2 m (6.6 ft) tall wall collapsed on top of them. [106] The city's subway system, the Wuhan Metro was partially submerged as was the main railway station. [107]
Administrative divisionsof China. Province-level (1st) Sub-provincial level. Prefecture-level (2nd) Sub-prefectural-level. County level (3rd) Analogous county level units. Township level (4th) Analogous township level units.
Dongxihu District (simplified Chinese: 东西 湖 区; traditional Chinese: 東西湖 區; pinyin: Dōngxīhú Qū; lit. 'east west lake') is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China, forming part of the city's western suburbs.
Xiantao ( Chinese: 仙桃; pinyin: Xiāntáo) is a sub-prefecture-level city in the east of Hubei province, China. Located at the Jianghan Plain in the middle of Hubei province and spanning 112°55' – 113°49' east longitude and 30°04' – 30°32' north latitude, Xiantao City covers an area of 2,538 km 2 (980 sq mi). Xiantao is the hometown ...
Qingshan District ( simplified Chinese: 青山区; traditional Chinese: 青山區; pinyin: Qīngshān Qū; lit. 'azure mountain') forms part of the urban core of and is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China. On the right bank of the Yangtze, it borders the districts of Wuchang (for ...
Capacity. 410, formerly 500+. Opened. 1925. ( 1925) Website. www .greatstartheater .org. The Great Star Theater, formerly known as Great China Theater, is a 410-seat [1] theater located at 636 Jackson Street in San Francisco's Chinatown. It was built in 1925 for the Chinese opera and is the last Chinese theater in any Chinatown in the United ...
The Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco, on the Condition of the Chinese Quarter of that City (1885) : 5 Emergence of tourism By the end of the 19th century, Chinatown's assumed reputation as a place of vice caused it to become a tourist destination, attracting numerous working-class white people, who sought the oriental mystery of Chinese culture and ...