East China

East China is a key area of historically, politically, and economically. Over a thousand years ago, this area was the main terminus of the Maritime Silk Road, and traded extensively with Japan and Southeast Asia.
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is a coastal city in Province in . It is a very vibrant, affluent and modern place, though by Chinese standards it is a small city — only 5.1 million counting suburbs.

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, historically also Nanking, is the capital of province in . At more than 8 million inhabitants, it is one of China's largest cities.

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is a coastal province in East . It has long been an outward-looking province, much involved in maritime trade, and is the ancestral homeland for many overseas Chinese, especially in .

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province is located on a 1000-km stretch of the east coast of , just north of . The and the both cross the province, and there are many other historical attractions, several of which are on the UNESCO World…

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is a coastal province in East China. Its capital and largest city is , with other notable cities including and . is bordered by and to the north, to the northwest, to the west and to the south.

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is a large and scenic lake in , on the border of and provinces. The lake area gets many visitors from the nearby major cities — , and — as well from as the ones around the lake.

East China

Latitude of center
36° north
Longitude of center
118.5° or 118° 30′ east
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“East China” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شرق الصين”
  • Asturian: “China del Este”
  • Bavarian: “Huadong”
  • Belarusian: “Усходні Кітай”
  • Bengali: “পূর্ব চীন”
  • Bengali: “হুয়াতুং”
  • Bulgarian: “Източен Китай”
  • Catalan: “Est de la Xina”
  • Catalan: “Huadong”
  • Catalan: “Xina de l’Est”
  • Central Bikol: “Subangan na Tsina”
  • Chinese: “Hôa-tang”
  • Chinese: “中国华东”
  • Chinese: “华东”
  • Chinese: “华东地区”
  • Chinese: “華東”
  • Chinese: “華東地區”
  • Czech: “Chua-tung”
  • Czech: “Východní Čína”
  • Dutch: “Huadong”
  • Dutch: “Oost-China”
  • Esperanto: “Orienta Ĉinio”
  • French: “Chine de l’Est”
  • French: “Chine orientale”
  • French: “Huadong”
  • Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთ ჩინეთი”
  • Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთი ჩინეთი”
  • German: “Huadong”
  • German: “Ostchina”
  • Greek: “Ανατολική Κίνα”
  • Hebrew: “מזרח סין”
  • Hindi: “पूर्वी चीन”
  • Indonesian: “Tiongkok Timur”
  • Italian: “Cina orientale”
  • Japanese: “中国東部”
  • Japanese: “東支”
  • Japanese: “東支那”
  • Japanese: “華東”
  • Korean: “화둥 지구”
  • Korean: “화둥”
  • Malay: “China Timur”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hôa-tang”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Huadong”
  • Norwegian: “Huadong”
  • Persian: “شرق چین”
  • Portuguese: “China Oriental”
  • Portuguese: “Lesta da China”
  • Portuguese: “Leste”
  • Romanian: “China de Est”
  • Romanian: “Huadong”
  • Russian: “Восток Китая”
  • Russian: “Восточный Китай”
  • Spanish: “China del Este”
  • Spanish: “China oriental”
  • Swedish: “Östra Kina”
  • Tamil: “கிழக்கு சீனா”
  • Turkish: “Doğu Çin”
  • Urdu: “مشرقی چین”
  • Venetian: “Cina orientałe”
  • Vietnamese: “Đông Trung Quốc”
  • Vietnamese: “Hoa Đông”
  • Vietnamese: “Miền Đông Trung Quốc”
  • Welsh: “Dwyrain Tsieina”
  • Western Panjabi: “مشرقی چین”
  • Wu Chinese: “華東”
  • Yue Chinese: “華東”

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