Also, what area, i.e., xian, etc. will be encompassed by its new
administrative rank?
Anthony
http://herbaria.harvard.edu/china/focnews/May-97/0000.html
> fyi: Chongqing
> >fyi, from the China News Digest.
> >
> >Anthony
> >
> >(5) Chongqing Becomes World's Largest City
> >
> >[CND, 03/15/97] China's National People's Congress has voted to
> double the
> >size of Chongqing in Sichuan province, immediately making it the
> world's
> >largest city, as reported by UPI on Friday. With a population of more
> >than 30 million, the newly incorporated southwest metropolis is
> elevated
> >in governance to be comparable with Beijing and Shanghai. During
> World
> >War II the city served as China's capital and was known to the
> outside
> >world as Chungking. In recent decades Chongqing has suffered serious
> >environmental pollution and is considered one of the worst places to
> live
> >in China. City officials hope that its new status will bring funding
> for
> >renewal development. (Fabian FANG, Daluo JIA)
> > _____ _____ _____