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List of city nicknames in China

List of city nicknames in China

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This partial list of city nicknames in China compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in China are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to locals, outsiders or their tourism boards or chambers of commerce.

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Additionally, several city governments have promoted the name "Oriental Geneva" (simplified Chinese: 东方日内瓦; traditional Chinese: 東方日內瓦; pinyin: Dōngfāng Rìnèiwǎ) for themselves. These cities include Shijiazhuang and Qinhuangdao in Hebei, Zhaoqing in Guangdong, Kunming and Dali in Yunnan, Chaohu in Anhui, and Wuxi in Jiangsu.[1]

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    Unnamed article published in Oriental Outlook magazine (瞭望东方周刊, Liàowàng Dōngfāng Zhōukān) in 2010, which was cited by and supplemented in Cartier, Carolyn; Tomba, Luigi (2012). "Symbolic Cities and the 'Cake Debate'". In Barmé, Geremie R; Goldkorn, Jeremy; Cartier, Carolyn; et al. (eds.). China Story Yearbook 2012: Red Rising, Red Eclipse. Canberra, Australia: Australian Centre on China in the World, Australian National University. p. 35.
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