If asked to name cities in China, most people outside of China would probably say Shanghai and Beijing, but China has more than a hundred cities with populations over a million and some of them actually have clean air.
Mike Conklin, in a special to the Chicago Tribune, reveals a rare gem in Xiamen, China—a southeast port across the Taiwan Straits from Taiwan.
One of China’s top universities is located in Xiamen with about 30,000 students along with a half dozen other colleges.
Besides great beaches and “CLEAN AIR”, the population is environmentally conscious and prices are low. A few years ago, the CCP planned to build a chemical plant in Xianmen. But students took to the streets in peaceful protest and more than a million text messages were sent objecting to the chemical plant.
The central government changed its plans—meaning NO chemical plant was built in or near Xiamen.
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Lloyd Lofthouse is the award-winning author of My Splendid Concubine [3rd edition]. When you love a Chinese woman, you marry her family and culture too. This is the lusty love story Sir Robert Hart did not want the world to discover.
Honorable Mentions in General Fiction
2012 San Francisco Book Festival
2012 New York Book Festival
2012 London Book Festival
2009 Los Angeles Book Festival
2009 Hollywood Book Festival
Finalist in Fiction & Literature – Historical Fiction
The National “Best Books 2010” Awards
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