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Suzhou’s Women

Suzhou’s Women

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Suzhou, located. in the east of Jiangsu Province, 160 miles west of Shanghai, is one of the oldest towns m the Yangzi basin. It was founded in the fifth century BC, when the King of Wu, He lu, made it the capital of his kingdom. http://www.jieri.biz/


Although the city is mainly known as a romantic water town with elegant gardens, it is also a dynamic industrial and service center. While Suzhou’s women in thepast were famous for their beauty—emperors would recruit concubines from the town—and their embroidery skills. They know play an important role in the rapid development of the city. They work not only in Chinese firms but also in multinational companies, and from nearly 60 percent of employees in the city’s industrial development park.

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