Five years earlier, in 1982, China’s central government had included Datong on its first-ever list of “National Historical and Cultural Cities” — no small honor for the hardscrabble coal town ...

DATONG, China—This is a city with an image problem. Ask people in China what they think about Datong – once called the most polluted in China – and you’ll learn they either love it or hate ...

Datong is not only restoring the old city wall, but is also constructing ... The total area of Yue town and Weng town, at the Heyang Gate of the eastern city wall, is 23,000 sq m.

Among the first round of 24 famous cities was Datong, an ancient city in Shanxi ... In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was also an important frontier town with mountains and rivers, and home ...

By then, the city had become a bustling and prosperous town and a strategic hub in China ... I couldn’t help but think that if the old quarters hadn’t been torn down, if Datong’s development had been ...

His collection has over 70 pieces on Datong, including "Travel to the Yungang ... for example, the old town, old residential areas, and nature reserves, which could spare film crews a lot of ...

Datong, a major coal-producing city in northern ... That has left large parts of its old mining districts unfit for farming or construction. The city was also ranked as one of the country ...

The school bullying in Datong has caused widespread public concern. Earlier, two 9-year-old primary school students surnamed Zhao and Jin in Dacheng Bilingual School in Datong repeatedly abused ...