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Hohhot, Inner Mongolia’s 'blue Sky City'

By Bruce Connolly | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2018-09-13 08:45
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Xinhua Square and Zhongshan Road Hohhot 1997  [Photo by Bruce Connolly/chinadaily.com.cn]

Returning in 2000 I could find no trace of that area I photographed three years previously. Although there remained the bicycle flow, Hohhot was expanding, roads widening, buildings rising higher, car numbers increasing - but all continuing under that intense blue sky. Visiting the then-recently opened shopping facilities, featuring international brands, along Zhongshan Road and around Xinhua Square, it was obvious the direction in which Hohhot was heading.

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