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Wanxian

American  
[wahn-shyahn] / ˈwɑnˈʃyɑn /
(Wade-Giles) Wanhsien

noun

Pinyin.

  1. a city in eastern Sichuan province, in southern central China, on the Chang Jiang.

Wanxian British  
/ ˈwænˈʃjɛn /

noun

  1. an inland port in central China, in E Sichuan province, on the Yangtze River. Pop: 1 963 000 (2005 est)

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From Wanxian, the river grows narrower, hemmed in by mountain ridges that tower above the boats.

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"My generation had the worst luck," says Zhang Shixun, the 48-year-old captain of Feizhang No. 3, a ferry that makes the daily trip from Chongqing downstream to Wanxian.

From Time Magazine Archive

From high on the hill in the riverside town of Wanxian, Gu Xiaoli looks out over the boat dock from her kitchen window and sighs.

From Time Magazine Archive

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