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3 places to live differently

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Schematic distribution · roughly where places sit in each region

Area

Pingyao Ancient City

平遥古城

TownShanxi

China's most intact walled county town from the Ming-Qing era

Harbin

哈尔滨

GatewayGatewayHeilongjiang

China's ice city — Russian-era boulevards, minus-30 winters, and a frontier spirit.

Manzhouli

满洲里

CityInner Mongolia

Where China, Russia, and Mongolia converge at a one-of-a-kind border port city