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China: Western China
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Spring (March-April) and autumn (September-October) are the best times to visit China, though the higher altitude areas of Tibet, Qinghai and Western Sichuan are best visited in high summer (June-September). Daytime temperatures range from 20°C to 30°C (68°F-86°F) in these seasons - but bear in mind that nights can still be bitterly cold and it can sometimes be wet and miserable. Major public holidays, in particular Chinese New Year, are best avoided as it's difficult to get around and/or find accommodation.
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China is a huge country with endless travel opportunities. However, during holidays, millions of migrant workers return home and millions of other Chinese travel, so travelling should be planned well in advance or even reconsidered altogether. Every mode of transportation is crowded, tickets of any kind are hard to come by, it may be necessary to book well in advance (especially for those travelling from remote western China to the east coast or in the opposite direction), and travel services such as hotels raise their prices.
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A recurrent problem... is that some regions in China have developed more quickly than others because of their location. For example, the coastline of China with its ports and fertile soil has developed more rapidly than western China with its deserts and mountains. Western China is more isolated and thus lags behind the coastal regions, a condition that can be seen clearly in this view of the Earth at night where only lights and fires are visible.
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China remained largely isolated from the rest of the world's civilizations, closely restricting foreign activities. By the end of the 18th century only Canton (location of modern-day Hong Kong) and the Portuguese port of Macao were open to European merchants. But with the first Anglo-Chinese War in 1839–1842, a long period of instability and concessions to Western colonial powers began. Following the war, several ports were opened up for trading, and Hong Kong was ceded to Britain. Treaties signed after further hostilities (1856–1860) weakened Chinese sovereignty and gave foreigners immunity from Chinese jurisdiction. European powers took advantage of the disastrous Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895 to gain further trading concessions from China.
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Wildlife and biodiversity in China are now faced with enormous threats, mostly from human activities. In spite of the protection policies and laws currently in place, poaching and illegal use of wildlife are still common in many places. In western China for example, wild animals such as the chiru are illegally killed for their wool, meat, or products used in medicine. Many ungulates are hunted which reduces tiger food, and the tiger itself is ... a target for hunting. In other part of China, reptiles, amphibians and migrant birds are slaughtered for the food markets and Traditional Chinese Medicine, and many species are becoming endangered or locally extinct. Large amounts of wetlands, rangelands, forests and other wild lands have been exploited for farming, fisheries and development, resulting in wildlife populations becoming separated, scattered, or even locally extinct.
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In 1921, the Chinese Communist party (see Communist party, in China) was founded. Failing to get assistance from the Western countries, Sun made an alliance with the Communists and sought aid from the USSR. In 1926, Chiang Kai-shek led the army of the Kuomintang northward to victory. Chiang reversed Sun's policy of cooperation with the Communists and executed many of their leaders. Thus began the long civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communists. Chiang established (1928) a government in Nanjing and obtained foreign recognition.
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