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Chongqing market

Résumé

Sichuan province is known in China as a land of abundance (tianfuzhiguo-天府之国), particularly the fertile plain of Chengdu. This has probably contributed to its fame as a place for leisure. Chongqing lost this label when it was separated from the province to become a municipality in 1997. However, the promotion does not seem to have changed the identity of Chongqingers. It is indeed a place that prizes recreation. The city teems with mahjong parlors and teahouses. In the evenings, family and friends gather in restaurants, creating a cheerful atmosphere that is hardly matched in megacities like Shanghai. The historical isolation of the region due to its geographic barriers ended at the stroke of a pen with its urbanisation. The city has been completely re-engineered, particularly since it joined Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai as the only cities not under the thumb of a regional government: bridges, tunnels, a light train system with a planned total network of 18 lines, a high speed train reaching Chengdu in two hours, and the expansion of its international airport, have all succeeded in "flattening" the mountain city.

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medihal-01010951 , version 1 (21-06-2014)

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Paternité - Pas d'utilisation commerciale - Pas de modification

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Miguel Elosua. Chongqing market. Photography. Chongqing, China. 2013. ⟨medihal-01010951⟩
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