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Asia/Shanghai |
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UTC+8 |
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UTC-5 |
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Anqing, the center city of southwestern Anhui Province and an important port on the north bank of the Yangtze River, is known as the "Gateway to the Anhui River". With a long history, it is the hometown of Tongcheng School of Literature, the important birthplace of Beijing Opera, where Huangmei Opera took root, and masters such as Yan Fengying have made the "Anqing Opera" famous throughout the country. The natural landscape of Tianzhu Mountain is the most important, with strange peaks and rocks, sea of clouds and hot springs, which is a national 5A level scenic spot. As a node city of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Anqing has both profound humanistic heritage and vigorous modern industry, with well-developed petrochemical and machinery manufacturing industries. Relying on the golden waterway of the Yangtze River, Anqing has continued to deepen regional cooperation, and it is an important hub for the southwest Anhui Province to connect with the Yangtze River Delta and radiate to the central and western parts of the country.
Arnold is located in Anne Arundel County in the central part of the U.S. state of Maryland, part of the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area, about 11 kilometers from the capital city of Annapolis and about 48 kilometers from the Baltimore metropolitan area. As a typical suburban community, Arnold is known for its livable environment and convenient amenities, with a population of about 25,000 (2020 estimate), and most of its residents are middle-class families. The local climate is temperate continental and humid, with four distinct seasons of warm, humid summers and cool, less snowy winters. The economy is dominated by services, retail, and small and medium-sized businesses, while employment opportunities are plentiful as it is radiated by neighboring military bases (e.g., Patuxent River Naval Air Station) and federal agencies. The community has excellent educational resources with several public elementary and secondary schools and community colleges, as well as parks and shopping centers, making it one of the popular places to live on Maryland's Eastern Shore.