| 1 | A few years ago he and his Chinese wife would be surrounded by gawkers whenever they strolled together through her provincial hometown. | |
| 2 | Local secondary education is concentrated in the provincial capitals and some district centers. | |
| 3 | The couple met in the countryside in their home province of Shanxi but soon decided to move to Taiyuan, the provincial capital. | |
| 4 | 所以此举给合肥提供了更多可开发的土地，有助于政府实现提高合肥市竞争力的长期目标，以使其在和南京、武汉等经济发达的省会城市竞争中不落下风。 So this move serves the long-term aim of boosting Hefei's competitive advantage by giving it land to expand, so it can challenge the more prominent cities of Nanjing and Wuhan. | |
| 5 | A spectacular march in four days brought them within ten miles of the capital, Yunnanfu. |
