Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone or Yangtze River Delta Economic Region (Chinese: 长江三角洲经济区) is an economic region in China that encompasses Shanghai municipality, Zhejiang and Jiangsu province. The region accounts for 20 percent of China's Gross Domestic Product and is responsible for one third of its imports and exports.
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“In the Yangtze River waves push the waves ahead; so in life new people constantly replace the old ones.”
—Chinese proverb.
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Lenin in a sealed train through Germany
Hsuan Tsang, crossing the Pamirs
Joseph, Crazy Horse, living the last free
starving high-country winter of their tribes.
Surrender into freedom revolt into slavery—”
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—Sidney Arodin, U.S. songwriter. “Lazy River,” Peer International Corp. (1931)
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