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[quote=MARRIE,367677]Before World War II, Shaoxing had minor industries, producing cotton, silk, lacquer, paper, and tinfoil, all on a comparatively small scale. In the mid-1950s these handicraft industries were modernized. Wine making is now carried on in large modern wineries. Modern tea-curing, oil-extracting, rice-polishing, and flour-milling plants were also built. Beginning in the 1980s, the local economy expanded quickly, and Shaoxing developed into one of the country’s main textile-manufacturing centres. Other industries that developed there included food processing and machinery making. Railways, expressways, and waterways provide the city with convenient transportation. Shaoxing is listed by the national government as one of China’s historical and cultural cities. The area is rich in relics of the past, with innumerable burial sites and with many other sites connected with famous figures from the city’s past. It also has a museum devoted to the writer Lu Xun (1881–1936), who was a native of the city. Pop. (2002 est.) 347,342. [/quote]
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