A question of origin
By Zhou Lihua | China Daily | Updated: 2009-10-06 07:13
"As the hometown of Li Bai and the land of the ginkgo tree, Anlu city welcomes you," says a promotional video of Anlu city, Hubei province.
Ever since its release on China Central Television on Aug 10, it has raised the ire of another city, Jiangyou, Sichuan province.
The reason for the online head-butting is that both cities claim to be the hometown of Li Bai (AD 701-762), one of the greatest poets in China's literary history.
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