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World's biggest park in Xinjiang

THE world's largest national park will be declared in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region by integrating scattered neighboring tourist resorts, officials said yesterday. The Kanas Geological Park, now around 1,000 square kilometers, will... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Sun, Oct 14 2007

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