Shangrila or Zhongdian?
August 31st 2007 Many different locations have been suggested for the site of James Hilton's fictitious Shangrila - somewhere in the mountainous tangle of the Himalayas and Kunlun Mountains. The Chinese government are promoting the area of Zhongdian in the extreme north of Yunnan province as their candidate. Zhongdian is the capital of the Dechen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and close by is the spectacular G
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