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Baoding or Paoting (both: bou-dĭng), city (1994 est. pop. 519,200), central Hebei prov., China. It is a port on the Fu River and an agricultural distribution center, with food-processing and variety of other light industries. Baoding was the capital of Hebei prov. until 1958. A medical college and an agricultural institute are in the city. Baoding was formerly called Qingyuan. Baoding, Paoting, Pao-ting a city in NE China, in N Hebei province. Pop.: 810 000 (2005 est.). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Rome -- A group of priests met to pray together on December 27, 2006, in the diocese of Baoding, in the northern province of Hebei, China. [58] Linking Beijing to central China, Baoding was an important military center historically. In Baoding, on the mainland, 95 percent of elders and their children stress the importance of filial piety, while in Hong Kong, "a strikingly large proportion of 88 percent agreed with the idea that 'government should punish the unfilial. |
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