New Frontiers
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Beijing Time: 10:30, 16:30, 22:30, 01:30
GMT: 02:30, 8:30, 14:30, 17:30
Introduction
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Salt Merchants of Yangzhou
There´s a well-known poem that translates something like:"A hundred thousand strings of coins around my waist, I would ride a crane down to Yangzhou." It´s a reference to the prosperity Yangzhou has enjoyed down through the centuries. Now, that prosperity is due in large part to the city´s location, at the point where three major waterways meet–Yangtze, Grand Canal and the Huaihe River. Despite its small size, Yangzhou was a leading centre of commerce and culture as early as the Tang Dynasty.