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 * ....that in China, access to water supply and sanitation varies greatly between rural areas, where only 67% of the population has access to improved water supply, and cities, where 93% does?
 * ...that the piaohao and the qianzhuang were financial institutions in ancient China?
 * ...that the Sun Ning Railway Company, South China's first significant railway, was dismantled in December 1938 during the Second Sino-Japanese War to deny its use by the Japanese military?

Source

 * 1) Recent additions/2007/June, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 2) Recent additions/2007/August, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 3) Recent additions/2007/September, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.