Meaning of Wenzhou | Babel Free

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A prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, in southeastern China.

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“The issue⟳ of land⟳ ownership rights came into focus⟳ in Wenzhou in April after the local government demanded that homeowners whose land-use rights had expired after 20 years pay⟳ fees of up to a third of the value of their homes before they could sell⟳ their apartments. The decision provoked protests from property owners in Wenzhou, a coastal city of eight million that was one of the first to set⟳ up private enterprise after the government opened up the economy in the late 1970s.”

“Saola is not the only storm threatening China this weekend, as Haikui, a second Pacific typhoon, is expected to make⟳ landfall on Sunday in eastern China, south of the city of Wenzhou, the US Embassy in Beijing said in a weather alert.”

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