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China Hainan Island - Hainan island travelHainan china provinceHainan island's location is at the south end of China, and occupies 35,000 square kilometers (13,510 square miles). Hainan island, China now has a population of over 7 million and about one million are an ethnic minorities. Hainan island is an ideal place for you to choose for your vacation from the cold winter weather. Hainan Island was originally called the Pearl Cliffs, or the Fine Jade Cliffs, and the Fine Jade Land, the latter two gave rise to the province. Hainan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located at the southern most tip of China. Hainan was historically part of Guangdong Province, being as such, it was the Qionyai Circuit in 1912 (the establishment of the Republic of China). Hainan's rich offshore fishing grounds provide shrimps, scallops, tuna, and Spanish mackerel, and pearls are harvested in the shallow bays surrounding the island. The province, created in 1988, is coextensive with Hainan Island, which was designated a special economic zone in 1988 to spur the development of its considerable natural resources. Hainan is rich in minerals, notably high-grade iron and tungsten, but also rich in titanium, manganese, salt, copper, bauxite, molybdenum, gold, silver, coal, cobalt, graphite, and crystal. Hainan was one of the last areas of China controlled by the Chiang Kai-Shek 's KMT.
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