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Shijiazhuang is the Provincial capital of Hebei Province about three hours drive West of Beijing. It's rail connections, developed over the last century have increased it's importance and today it is the major hub for Hebei products getting into the domestic market infrastructure. It's still relatively small, having a population of just 1.3 million, but it's cheaper labour and land are starting to attract foreign investors who need to be in close proximity to the North and it has good infrastructural links to Tianjin the regional port handling much of the regions import / export and just four hours train away.

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Shijiazhuang City Guide

A Zen Vacation
A Zen Vacation
Those of us who get the chance go on our summer vacations with one thought in mind - to get away from it all. A week or so of big meals, nightlife, and general self-indulgence is a great recipe for relaxation, but not necessarily for rechar
The Acrobats of Wuqiao
The Acrobats of Wuqiao
Only boxers and ballet dancers can really understand what they go through. In a large, empty, dawn-lit room of the Wuqiao Acrobatic School, a cluster of children, six to sixteen years old, push their bodies to do the impossible.