Hefei, China
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from Shanghai; there are also air links with other major Chinese cities.

The town's history goes back over 2000 years, to the Western Han period (206 BC-AD 8). Even then it was an important trading center for agricultural products, cattle and handicrafts. Hefei was a military base during the time of the Three Kingdoms (220-265) and again under the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). In 1949 it was made the capital of Anhui province. Since then politics, industry, culture and science have set the tone of the town. The well-known University of Science and Technology is here.