Shōkan
Population | 4.95 M |
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State GDP | $ 1.818 B |
GDP/C | $ 366 |
Culture | Hakka |
The Cities of Guangdong 廣東省 |
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The Three Pearls 三顆珍珠 |
Makao • Kōshu • Honkon |
Minor Cities |
Santō • Momei • Shōkan • Chōkei |
In-Game Description[edit | edit source]
Before the Qing dynasty, Shaoguan was Shaozhou; the suffix Guan, "pass", it would earn from passing-by merchants accustomed to its myriad taxes. Being Guangdong's northernmost major city, as well as housing portions of the Guangzhou-Hankou Railway starting 1916, only added to its significance to trade between the southern Chinese ports and the larger Chinese cities to the north.\n\nThe Shōkan of today, however, is a pass in a more literal sense - on the border, along the rail lines, now lies a checkpoint and customs station where there used to be none, a silent yet living testament to separations, arbitrary decisions, and the machinations of fate.