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May 2, 2012

Welcome to our Chinese visitors

Britain is welcoming growing numbers of Chinese visitors, and now we're doing our bit to ...

Category: General

Posted by: RhodriClark

ensure they can learn more about the history of places they visit in North Wales. Mandarin - 普通话 - is the eighth language to feature on HistoryPoints. You can read one of our translated pages here - which is all about this place: 英国最小的房子，下东门街，康威.

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