Hangzhou (Zhejiang Province), former capital with a famous lake, one of China's top destinations for domestic tourists. Marco Polo wrote of Hangzhou the city is beyond dispute the finest and the noblest in the world.
Nanjing (Jiangsu Province), capital under several dynasties, most recently 1912-1949
Ningbo (Zhejiang Province), a major trading port in the tea clipper era, still an important port and industrial city
Shanghai, China's largest city and greatest economic center; in some ways, the cultural capital as well
Suzhou (Jiangsu Province), old city of canals and gardens, now a major center for high tech. The Chinese have a saying that heaven has paradise but Earth has Hangzhou and Suzhou.
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