Three Trips to China 中國 2003/2008/2012
Beihai:
The city of Beihai (Pak-hoi) is located in southern Zhuang Autonomous Region of Guangxi, China. It is positioned on the western shore of a small peninsula on the eastern side of Qinzhou Bay on the Gulf of Tonkin, immediately south of the delta of the Nanliu River, about 12.5 miles (20 km) south of Hepu. Beihai is an important seaport for the province and for the southwestern interior of China.
Guangzhou:
The city of Guangzhou, conventional Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital of Guangdong sheng (province), southern China. Its city centre lies near the head of the Pearl River (Zhu Jiang) Delta, more than 90 miles (145 km) inland from the South China Sea. Because of its position at the meeting point of inland rivers and the sea, it has long been one of China’s main commercial and trading centres.
Nanning:
Nanning, formerly (1913–45) Yongning, city and capital of the Zhuang Autonomous Region of Guangxi, China. The city is located in the south-central part of Guangxi on the north bank of the Yong River (the chief southern tributary of the Xi River system) and lies some 19 miles (30 km) below the confluence of the You and the Zuo rivers. After the Chinese government officially recognized the Tai-speaking Zhuang ethnic minority in 1958, Nanning became the chief centre for the training of Zhuang leaders. Guangxi University, a large medical school, and a school of agriculture, all in the city, date from the 1920s.
Guilin:
Guilin, also spelled Kweilin, formerly Lingui, city, northeastern Zhuang Autonomous Region of Guangxi, southern China. The natural route centre of the Gui River basin, Guilin lies along the easiest of all the routes leading from central China to Guangdong province—that between the headwaters of the Xiang River in Hunan province and the upper waters of the Gui River (there called the Li River).