The Great Wall stretches from Shanhaiguan in the east to Lop Nur in the west, along an arc that roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia.

长城东起山海关，西至罗布泊，呈弧形，横贯内蒙古北部。

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The sand and dust were swept thousands of kilometers south and east from the arid terrain of Inner Mongolia.

从内蒙古贫瘠的土地上，这些沙尘被席卷至东南方几千公里的区域。

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While the North in a narrow sense refers to the east from Liao He till the west of Inner Mongolia and Longxi, namely the "northern cultural region" called by the archaeologists.

狭义的北方，指辽宁省辽河以东至内蒙古西境及陇西，即考古界称的“以燕山南北长城地带为重心的北方文化区。”

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In 2006-09 the region's GDP (excluding Inner Mongolia, which extends into the north-east, but is not part of its industrial heartland) grew faster than that of the country's other three main economic regions, in the east, centre and west.

ECONOMIST: Reforming the north-east