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| Entrance to Wuhan Gorge |
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| One of the great parts of riverboat cruising is being able to enjoy the spectacular beauty without a few thousand of your favorite people standing in front of you. This picture was taken from the front of the ship, Deck 2, with a crowd of five. |
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China's Flag
The large star represents unity with the government/communist party, the red background represents the revolutions, the 4 stars the four classes of people: working class, peasantry, urban and national bourgeoisie. Flying everywhere.
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| Or you could just watch from your own balcony as the Victoria motors by one scenic wonder after another |
Frequent barges on the river...this one coal a coal barge. 80 percent of inland transportation is done on this 'golden waterway' transmitting good equivalent to 40 railways from Chungquin to Shanghai. This area is a granary for China producing 40 percent of China's crops and 70 percent of the grain output.
400 million people live along the Yangtze, one third of China's population, 1/15th of the world's population.
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