04/08/2012, Chongqing, China, Asia, A man in the Eighteen Stairs area with traditional houses in the old town of the Shibati area in Yuzhong district. The government has started to demolish many traditional old houses in the Shibati area and turn it into a place that attracts tourists. The Chinese megacity of Chongqing is located at the confluence of two major waterways, the Yangtze River and the Jialing River, and is one of the fastest growing metropolises in the world. Chongqing is also one of China's five city-states, with the city of Chongqing being the most densely populated urban region in China, Asia
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04/08/2012, Chongqing, China, Asia, A man in the Eighteen Stairs area with traditional houses in the old town of the Shibati area in Yuzhong district. The government has started to demolish many traditional old houses in the Shibati area and turn it into a place that attracts tourists. The Chinese megacity of Chongqing is located at the confluence of two major waterways, the Yangtze River and the Jialing River, and is one of the fastest growing metropolises in the world. Chongqing is also one of China's five city-states, with the city of Chongqing being the most densely populated urban region in China, Asia

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Aug 04, 2012

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Photo12/imageBROKER/Olaf Schuelke

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