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  Wuhan Travel Guide: Wuhan Tour, Wuhan Hotel, City Map, Climate, China Trip Wuhan: Travel China Guide.com
Situated on the Plain, Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province, is the biggest hub city in Central China.
Divided by the Yangtze, Wuhan has come to be known as the Three Towns of Wuhan with Hankou and Hanyang on the west bank, and Wuchang on the east.
Wuhan is a city with both an ancient history and a thriving present.
www.travelchinaguide.com /cityguides/wuhan.htm   (826 words)

  
 Wuhan Attractions: Wuhan Trip, Wuhan Holiday, Wuhan Vacation
Wuhan Attractions: Wuhan Trip, Wuhan Holiday, Wuhan Vacation
Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, is a city with ancient history and thriving present.
More than 140,000 collections, mainly from a big tomb excavated in 1978, are well preserved here, including 645 pieces of first class cultural relics and 16 pieces of national treasures.
www.travelchinaguide.com /attraction/hubei/wuhan   (274 words)

  
  Wuhan, China | Wuhan, China - Wuhan.com
Wuhan is an energetic city, a commercial centre of finance, industry trade and science with many international companies located here.
With scientific, technological and educational institutions such as Laser City and the Wuhan University the city is also an intellectual centre.
Situated at the crossroads of central China, Wuhan is a transportation hub for air, railway as well as ferry traffic.
www.wuhan.com   (246 words)

  
  Yangtze River Cruise - Attractions: Wuhan
Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, is China's important industrial base, covering an area of 8,400 square kilometers, and with a population of 6.8 million.
Wuhan is at the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Hanshui River.
Wuhan, consisting of Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang, is situated at the confluence of the Yangtze River and Hanshui River in the middle reaches of the Yangtze.
www.toptrip.cc /yangtze/attractions/wuhan.htm   (324 words)

  
 Wuhan hotels accommodation and china hotel guide
Situated at the confluence of the Yangtze River and its greatest branch, the Hanjiang, Wuhan (population 8 million), the provincial capital of Hubei, is one of the major economic and industrial cities in China.
With the development of the Yangtze Valley, Wuhan is becoming increasingly important both in domestic and international terms, specifically as an important education and scientific research base, due largely to the sizeable university and student population here and local governmental efforts to promote this as a premier business and commercial destination..
Wuhan has some good hotels, catering largely to business travelers and there are a few interesting areas that warrant a look.
www.yourrooms.com /china_hotels/wuhan/index.htm   (345 words)

  
 Wuhan, China
Wuhan lies at the confluence of the Changjiang and Hanshui rivers, in the east of Hebei province, on the Beijing-Canton rail route.
Wuhan is a traffic hub and vital industrial and commercial center as well as being a city of culture and politics.
Wuhan's name is in fact formed from the first syllables of the names of these three towns.
www.planetware.com /china/wuhan-chn-he-w.htm   (333 words)

  
 Wuhan
Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province and has a population of 7 million.
Wuhan’s position on the Yangzi, halfway between Chongqing and the coast, has ensured that Wuhan’s fortunes are linked to the "long river".
Wuhan’s industrial developments are centered on Hanyang, which is the smallest of the 3 cities.
www.chinaetravel.com /city/c057.html   (378 words)

  
 Wuhan Brief Information-China Highlights Travel   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wuhan, abbreviated to "Han", the capital of Hubei Province, is the largest city in Central China, with a population of 7.3 million and an area of 8,467 square kilometers.
Wuhan's civilization began about 3,500 years ago, and is of great importance in Chinese culture, the military, economy and politics.
Wuhan is proud of her 4 pillars of metallurgy, automobiles, machinery and high-tech industries.
www.chinahighlights.com /wuhan/briefintr.htm   (355 words)

  
 Wuhan Travel Guide - China City Guide - China Travel Information - China Tours
Wuhan, meaning 'Valiant Chinese' (a contraction of the names of the three cities of which it is a conglomerate: Wuchang, Hankou, and Hanyang), is the provincial capital of Hubei Province and the fifth largest city of China.
Wuhan is in central China, is a major industrial complex and inland port at the confluence of the Han and Yangtze rivers.
Wuhan is situated in the middle of Hubei Province of China, the east of Jianghan Plain, and the intersection of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and Hanshui River.
www.china-tour.cn /cityguides/wuhan.htm   (1092 words)

  
 Wuhan travel guide - Wikitravel
Wuhan (武汉) is the capital of Hubei province, China and a major port on the Yangtse River.
Wuhan is an amalgamation of three smaller cities — Hankou, Hanyang and Wuchang — each separated from the other by a river.
Wuhan has a very long, very proud and very prominent place in history — to be expected given its very central location in China — and its residents are very conversant with it.
wikitravel.org /en/Wuhan   (1786 words)

  
 Wuhan | History of Wuhan | Wuhan.com
Wuhan history 1500 B.C. Today Wuhan is one of the most important cities in China and has for more than 3500 years, since the Shang and Zhou dynasties, been an important town which time to time through the centuries also has been the political, military and cultural centre for the whole of China.
Since then Wuhan became a political centre, and served as the capital of the National People's Government and was for years a centre of Chinese Communist Party activities.
Wuhan was appoited to a “China famous historical and cultural city” by the State Council.
www.wuhan.com /cmarter.asp?doc=316&node=283   (351 words)

  
 Wuhan Stories   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wuhan has the third largest number of universities in China (just behind Beijing and Shanghai), and in Wuchang lives hundreds of thousands of students from all over the country, some of whom have difficulties in understanding the Wuhan dialects.
Wuhan used to be a center of politics and commerce of China half a century ago.
Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province, and is the most populous city in central China.
pkblogs.com /wuhanstories   (1698 words)

  
 Wuhan | Synotrip.com
Wuhan (Wǔhàn [武汉]) is the capital of Hubei Province (湖北省).
Wuhan is also a major industrial, financial, scientific, and educational center in central China.
For instance the foreign student hostel at Wuhan University has dorm beds for 60 Yuan, while rooms at the university guest house cost 100 Yuan per n...
www.synotrip.com /wuhan   (184 words)

  
 Wuhan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
The great industrial, commercial, and transportation center of central China, Wuhan comprises (since 1950) the former cities of Hankou, Hanyang, and Wuchang.
Situated in the heart of China, virtually equidistant from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Chengdu, it is an air, river, and rail hub dominating the middle Chang plain; China’s main north-south railroad runs through the city.
Wuhan is one of the most important industrial centers in China; it has the country’s second largest concentration of metallurgical facilities.
www.bartleby.com /65/wu/Wuhan.html   (236 words)

  
 Leading online travel service in China specialized in discounted air ticket and hotel reservation.
Located in the very center of China, and known as one of China's "Three Furnaces" because of the incredible heat pervading in the summer months, Wuhan is a HUGE metropolis, divided into three separate districts, each the size of a small city in itself.
Wuhan is also an important domestic and foreign commercial port for central China.
History: Wuhan was one of the most politically crucial spots in the nation, when the Guomintang moved the capital here from Guangzhou in 1927.
english.ctrip.com /Destinations/DistrictIntroduction.asp?District=145   (269 words)

  
 A Guide to Wuhan Cymbals
Wuhan is well known for their china and gong cymbals.
In fact, Universal Percussion, Inc.® who owns Wuhan contributed to the creation of an excellent line of professional quality cymbals that include a tradtional, rock, and bright series.
Wuhan describes the S Series as having dark, rich tonalities, with a quick response.
www.drumjunction.com /wuhan.html   (402 words)

  
 TIMEasia.com | Visions of China: Wuhan | 9/27/99
After months of cloistered plotting, Mao suddenly resurfaced in Wuhan in the summer of 1966 to stage one of his greatest acts of political theater.
General Chen Zaidao, commander of the Wuhan military region (and a man who nearly drowned trying to keep up with Mao during an earlier Yangtze swim), rallied party and army conservatives in opposition to the Chairman's political challenge.
Months of conflict between rival Maoist groups had crippled Wuhan's industries, and party conservatives, fearing that the leftists in Beijing would consolidate their power, supported Chen as his troops moved against the Red Guard factions.
www.time.com /time/asia/magazine/99/0927/wuhan.html   (619 words)

  
 About EY - Wuhan
Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, is located in the central part of China and it has grown into a centre of industry, commerce, finance, science and education in China with more than 4,000 companies, including 193 large-and-medium-size enterprises.
Wuhan is well advanced in pharmaceuticals, chemicals, ship building, electronics industries as well as the four economic pillars, namely, machinery, automotive, iron and steel and technology to shape its economic position in China.
EandY's major clients in Wuhan include some of the leading companies in the iron and steel and automotive industries with key operations in Hubei province.
www.ey.com /global/content.nsf/China_E/About_EY_-_Wuhan   (302 words)

  
 Wuhan City China - China tourist & travel guide for Wuhan City, China
Iron and steel, machinery and textiles are Wuhan's three major prop-ups in industry.
Wuhan is a China's inland key commercial center and the place of concentration and distribution for goods and materials, and Hankou in particular, is renowned for its flourishing commerce.
Wuhan has embarked on the road of building itself into the largest Chinese inland economic, financial and trade center, a key industrial and commercial port linking China's inland markets with the economic sphere of South-East Asia, North-East Asia and Middle Asia, and world markets, as well as an international metropolis.
www.orientaltravel.com /province/city/Wuhan.htm   (325 words)

  
 Current local time in Wuhan - China
Make a Personal World Clock and include Wuhan
When can I call/have a meeting with someone in Wuhan?
Show time difference between Wuhan time and other time zones
www.timeanddate.com /worldclock/city.html?n=665   (236 words)

  
 Hotels in Wuhan
Eastlake Hotel Wuhan is a 5-star member hotel of World Travelers Network,constructed according to international five star hotel with 168 guest rooms, it is...
Novotel Xin Hua Wuhan is located in Hankou, the citys dynamic business and financial district, only 30 minutes drive from the airport.
Wuhan Xuangong Hotel was established in 1928; it is the oldest classical Euro-style hotel and is praised as "the most connotational hotel in the history of...
www.expedia.co.uk /daily/hotels/China/Wuhan.asp   (773 words)

  
 Wuhan Buildings, Real Estate, Architecture, Skyscrapers and Construction Database
Wuhan is the capital of the Hubei province a modern metropolis situated in the heart of China.
Wuhan is an energetic city, a commercial center of finance, industry trade and science with many international companies located here.
With scientific, technological and educational institutions such as Laser City and the Wuhan University the city is also an intellectual center.
www.emporis.com /en/wm/ci/?id=100216   (250 words)

  
 Wuhan, China - Yangtze River Cruise
Being accessible by water and land, it has earned the reputation of "the thoroughfare to nine provinces" and functions as one of the few pivots of water, land, air, post and telecommunication.
Today, Wuhan has grown into a center of industry, finance, commerce, science and education in Central China.
Wuhan is now enjoying a boom in foreign and local investment that may help it match up with the sparkling cosmopolitan citadels of Nanjing and Shanghai.
www.yangtzeriver.org /wuhan/index.htm   (180 words)

  
 Wuhan Introduction: Wuhan Attraction, Wuhan History, Wuhan Climate
Wuhan is dotted by nearly 200 lakes in or around the city, of which the most famous is East Lake.
One of the most popular cultural attractions in Wuhan is the spectacular Yellow Crane Tower, which has become the landmark building of the city and another point to overlook Yangtze and the city.
Also another Wuhan highlight is the Guiyuan Buddhist Temple best known for its 500 lifelike sculptures of Arhats.
www.warriortours.com /cityguides/wuhan.htm   (366 words)

  
 Wuhan becoming center of optics cluster
Wuhan to be center of Chinese optics cluster
Wuhan is the 'cradle' of the optoelectronics and telecommunications industry in China.
In 1999, a national optoelectronic technology center was founded in Wuhan which has now become a principal hub for the production of optical fiber and cable, optoelectronic components, optical transmission equipment and optical instruments.
www.spie.org /web/oer/november/nov00/wuhan.html   (1749 words)

  
 Discovering China: The Cultural Revolution
In Wuhan the authority of the Party Committee had already been lost through the downfall of official leaders in January.
The people of Wuhan divided into one group supporting the military authority, called "Million Heroes", and rebels supported by the Cultural Revolution Authority, called "the Wuhan Worker's General Headquarters", and the battle got more and more violent.
On the other hand, the honour of "the Wuhan Worker's General Headquarters" was restored, thus increasing the momentum of the Cultural Revolution.
library.thinkquest.org /26469/cultural-revolution/wuhanincident.html   (396 words)

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