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Quanzhou added to UNESCO World Heritage List

East China's port city of Quanzhou, once hailed as the very great and noble city by the Italian explorer Marco Polo, won UNESCO World Cultural Heritage status Sunday, bringing the total number of

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Quanzhou, China's ancient port now a UNESCO World Heritage Site

01:24 China's ancient port of Quanzhou was bestowed the much-coveted title of World Heritage Site by UNESCO's World Heritage Committee during its extended 44th session held in southeast

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A heritage map of Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song–Yuan China

China's ancient port of Quanzhou is anxiously waiting to get the World Heritage status. The proposal, "Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song–Yuan China," to get the c

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Extended 44th session of World Heritage Committee kicks off in China

The extended 44th session of the World Heritage Committee kicked off in Fuzhou, capital city of southeast China's Fujian Province as the opening ceremony was held on Friday night at Fuzhou Strait