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"ref": "1985, Steven W. Mosher, Journey To The Forbidden China, Collier Macmillan, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 54f",
"text": "Cormorant fishing on the Li River near Kweilin. With increasingly serious water pollution, fishing with cormorants is becoming a rare sight in China.",
"type": "quotation"
},
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"ref": "2005, Bill Clinton, My Life, volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →OCLC, pages 436–437",
"text": "Before going home, we flew to Guilin for a meeting with environmentalists concerned about the destruction of forests and the loss of unique wildlife, and a leisurely boat trip down the Li River, which flows through a stunning landscape marked by large limestone formations that looked as if they had burst up through the landscape of the gentle countryside.",
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"ref": "2011, Andrew Forbes, China, APA Publications, →OCLC, →OL, page 16",
"text": "Days 3-5: Guilin and Yangshuo.\nMarvel at the extraordinary scenery lining the banks of the serene Li River.",
"type": "quotation"
},
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"ref": "2021 April 27, Echo Xie, “Xi Jinping laments stone quarrying as he mines green theme in Guangxi”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 2021-04-27, China / Politics",
"text": "In Guilin, the second-largest city in Guangxi, Xi took a boat to inspect the ecological condition of the Li River, a popular tourist destination. The river stretches more than 400km (250 miles) through karst hills and attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.",
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