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Shanghai
Shanghai is situated at 31 14' north latitude and 121 29' east longitude. Bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces on the west, Shanghai is washed by the East China Sea on the east and Hangzhou Bay on the south. North of the city, the Yangtze River pours into the East China Sea. It also assumes the central location along China’s coastal line. Thanks to its advantageous geographic location, Shanghai has become an excellent sea and river port, boasting easy accesses to a vast hinterland.
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Beijing
There located a little hill at Zhoukouidian,in FangShan Disrtrict, in the southwest corner of Beijing. This hill is about 220 meters from north to south and about 190 meters from west to east, and is 145 meters high above the sea level. It is rich in calcareousness here and the animal fossil can often be found out in the calcareous cave or cranny to be sold to Chinese traditional medicine store. And these fossils were called "dragon bone", hence the name of the hill: Dragon Bone Hill.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港) is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China; the other is Macau. Situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour. With land mass of 1,104 km2 (426 sq mi) and a population of seven million people, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Hong Kong's population is 95% ethnic Chinese and 5% from other groups.
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Tianjin
Tianjin, referred to as "Jin" for short, is one of the four municipalitiesdirectly under the Central Government of China. Not only is it aninternational harbor and economic center in the north of China,but it is also well-known for its profound historical and culturalheritage.
It took a long time for the city to come into being. In ancienttimes, sea water receded from what is Tianjin now. For threetimes, the Yellow River, with the highest content of sand in theworld, flowed through this place into the sea, thus formingTianjin Plain. Even today, a few seashell dikes of ancient timescan still be found in such places as Shanggulin in Tianjin.According to research findings, these dikes are the remains ofthe ancient coastal lines.
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