French town lures Chinese tourists to 'revolution road'
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word="less">less</span> <span word="than">than</span> 16,000, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="town">town</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="high">high</span>-<span word="end">end</span> <span word="boutiques">boutiques</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="French">French</span> <span word="luxury">luxury</span> <span word="brands">brands</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="magnificent">magnificent</span> <span word="architecture">architecture</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="monuments">monuments</span> <span word="emblematic">emblematic</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="French">French</span> <span word="grandeur">grandeur</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="romance">romance</span>. <span word="Perhaps">Perhaps</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="flowered">flowered</span> <span word="bridges">bridges</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="winding">winding</span> <span word="canals">canals</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="town">town</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="seeing">seeing</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="tourism">tourism</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="unique">unique</span> <span word="historical">historical</span> <span word="links">links</span>.</p><p><span word="Montargis">Montargis</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="hundreds">hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 20<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hope">hope</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="modernizing">modernizing</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="learning">learning</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="West">West</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="prominent">prominent</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="included">included</span> <span word="future">future</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="leaders">leaders</span> <span word="Deng">Deng</span> <span word="Xiaoping">Xiaoping</span>, <span word="Chen">Chen</span> <span word="Yi">Yi</span> (<span word="former">former</span> <span word="vice">vice</span>-<span word="premier">premier</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="minister">minister</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="China">China</span>), <span word="Nie">Nie</span> <span word="Rongzhen">Rongzhen</span> (<span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 10 <span word="marshals">marshals</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="China">China</span>) <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Cai">Cai</span> <span word="Hesen">Hesen</span> (<span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="earliest">earliest</span> <span word="leaders">leaders</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Communist">Communist</span> <span word="Party">Party</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="China">China</span>). <span word="Zhou">Zhou</span> <span word="Enlai">Enlai</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="frequent">frequent</span> <span word="visitor">visitor</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1920<span word="s">s</span>.</p><p><span word="Local">Local</span> <span word="authorities">authorities</span> <span word="created">created</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="tourist">tourist</span> <span word="trail">trail</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="tap">tap</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="booming">booming</span> <span word="tourism">tourism</span> <span word="market">market</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="promote">promote</span> <span word="Montargis">Montargis</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="must">must</span>-<span word="see">see</span> <span word="destination">destination</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="discover">discover</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="entered">entered</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="history">history</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="French">French</span> <span word="town">town</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="played">played</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="key">key</span> <span word="role">role</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="formation">formation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="CPC">CPC</span>.</p><p><span word="Today">Today</span> <span word="tourists">tourists</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="follow">follow</span> <span word="signs">signs</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="French">French</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="pointing">pointing</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="historic">historic</span> <span word="sites">sites</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="buildings">buildings</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Montargis">Montargis</span> <span word="associated">associated</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="history">history</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="France">France</span>.</p>
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