West China (simplified Chinese: 华西; traditional Chinese: 華西; pinyin: huáxī), refers to the area around China's Sichuan Province (including Chongqing Municipality, which was part of the province until 1997) in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. This term was widely used before 1949, however, it is not widely used contemporaneously.
Famous quotes containing the words west and/or china:
“It is queer how it is always one’s virtues and not one’s vices that precipitate one into disaster.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)
“In a country where misery and want were the foundation of the social structure, famine was periodic, death from starvation common, disease pervasive, thievery normal, and graft and corruption taken for granted, the elimination of these conditions in Communist China is so striking that negative aspects of the new rule fade in relative importance.”
—Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989)