In the southern China island of Hainan, a property rush in the first few weeks of the year sent prices up 18 per cent and by more than 50 per cent for some buildings.

在中国南部的海南岛，房价在年初几周的房地产热潮中上涨了18%，一些楼盘甚至上涨50%以上。

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The southern American city of Houston is not one city of great renown, yet it is one of the most famous in China.

美国南部城市休斯顿并不是一个非常有名的城市，但在中国，它却是最著名的城市之一。

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He collects the excrement from a panda breeding center in southern China.

他从中国南方的一个大熊猫繁殖中心收集其粪便。

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This victory gave Japan control over the economy of the southern part of what was then called Manchuria, in northeastern China.

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And,the spate of suicides at the Foxconn plant in southern China also helped focus attention on wages and conditions in Chinese factories.

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In the southern China boom town of Shenzhen last month, four young women started up their own reporting team for a "shanzhai television station" that spoofs local news and uses a camera tripod fashioned from a fan stand and a toilet plunger.

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The four BRIC countries agreed to include South Africa in the mix last year during the summit in southern China.

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Dim sum as we know it developed in Guangzhou, the cultural and commercial center of southern China, in the 18th and 19th centuries, said Maria Tam, an anthropologist at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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