Up against her is Captain Wang Yaping, also 34, from Shandong Province.

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The creator of the original poster was Yang Liezhang, who hails from Shandong Province just to the southeast of Beijing.

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Chinese i-bankers help find energy deals for their clients from Shandong province.

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Among them was Liu Gai Hong, a 67-year-old retired accountant from Shandong province who came on a six-day tour with her son, a government employee, and his two school-age children.

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Experts from Shandong, a province in the north-east of China, were asked to produce a feasibility study, and the government now proposes to start work.

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Above Aqua Shard is Hutong, a Chinese restaurant focused on cuisine from the north, namely the Shandong Province, rather than usual Cantonese style found in London.

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In response, supermarkets in Shandong Province removed it from their shelves.

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However, the big test for Haier's future will be its ability to detach itself from the local government of Qingdao and Shandong province.

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Born in the eastern coastal province of Shandong in 1950, Wang Yong started his business from a small flour mill in Xiwang village.

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