| Description | Letter | City | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial centre of China | S | Shanghai | 100%
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| Capital city of the People's Republic of China | B | Beijing | 99%
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| Trading port lost to the British after the First Opium War in 1842 | H | Hong-Kong | 96%
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| Ending point of the Silk Road and home to the Terracotta army | X | Xi'an | 96%
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| Gambling city and former Portuguese colony | M | Macau | 95%
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| It has the most Cantonese speakers in the world | G | Guangzhou | 94%
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| Site of a 1937 Japanese massacre | N | Nanking | 92%
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| Central Chinese city nicknamed "Chicago of China" | W | Wuhan | 92%
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| Where the Dalai Lama resided, prior to 1959 | L | Lhasa | 87%
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| Major city situated in the immediate North of the above | S | Shenzhen | 86%
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| Capital of Sichuan, home to a research center for giant pandas | C | Chengdu | 83%
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| Manchurian city renowned for its ice sculpture festival | H | Harbin | 83%
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| Most populous city in Western China | U | Ürümqi | 82%
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| City on the Yellow Sea, famous for its beer | Q | Qingdao | 79%
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| Provisional capital during WWII | C | Chongqing | 71%
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| Major city on Liaodong Peninsula | D | Dalian | 67%
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| Capital during the Song dynasty and the world's most populous city, ca. 1200 | H | Hangzhou | 64%
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| The Shaolin temple is situated next to this major city | Z | Zhengzhou | 59%
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| Largest city on the island of Hainan | H | Haikou | 50%
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| One of the four ancient capitals of China | L | Luoyang | 41%
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