Mark Meek's Ideas: Tianjin And Dalian

On the coast of northern China, about 100 km from Beijing, is another of China's largest cities. This is the city of Tianjin. It is a natural place for a major city because it is as far inland as ships can go into northern China by way of the Yellow Sea, between China and Korea.

Among major Chinese cities the thing that is so unusual about Tianjin is it's youth. It was built during the Fifteenth Century, which was the Ming Dynasty. This does not apply to a city like Shenzhen, which grew as a result of a Special Economic Zone but, by the standards of ancient Chinese cities, Tianjin is still a young city.

This is around the center of Tianjin where there is some of the traditional Chinese architecture. The first six images are from Google Street View.

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More of the center of the city along the river where traditional architecture can be found.

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Here are the modern buildings of central Tianjin. The first nine images are from Google Street View.

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This is moving further downstream on the river.

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Here is some views in the city away from the river.

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This is the newest area of Tianjin, known as Binhai. The first three images are from Google Street View.

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Across the inlet of the Yellow Sea, known as the Bohai Sea, from Tianjin is the city of Dalian. It is not only, like Tianjin, a very busy port, but is also known as a great place for a vacation. Dalian is near the end of the peninsula that separates the Yellow Sea from the Bohai Sea. Dalian was founded by Russians and there is Russian architecture in the city.

This is the waterfront of Dalian. The first five images are from Google Street View. The fifth image is inside the train station.