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'''''Coronation Street''''' is an award-winning [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[soap opera]] created by [[Tony Warren]], produced by [[Granada Television]] and aired by [[ITV]]. It first broadcast on Friday 9 December 1960, and is consistently one of the highest-rated programmes on [[British television]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Broadcasters' Audience Research Board LTD|title=Terrestrial Top 30
|ChineseName = 湖北省
|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/weekreports.cfm?report=weeklyterrestrial&requesttimeout=500&flag=viewingsummary
|Pinyin = Húběi Shěng
|format=Website|work=Barb.co.uk|accessdate = 2007-03-08}}</ref> The programme features an ensemble cast of characters, comprised for the most part of residents of the fictional Coronation Street, located in [[Weatherfield]], a fictional town in [[Salford]], [[Greater Manchester]].<ref>Little. p.93.</ref> '''Recurring and minor characters''' in the show are often children of the Street's residents, or friends, relatives, lovers or antagonists introduced to the show for a single specific storyline.
|EnglishName = Hubei Province

|Name = Hubei
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|Abbreviation = 鄂
==B==
|AbbrevPinyin = È
===Amy Barlow===
|ISOAbbrev = 42
{{Infobox soap character
|Map = China Hubei.svg
| color=#F0E68C
| name = Amy Barlow
|MapSize = 275px
|OriginOfName = 湖 hú - lake <br /> 北 běi - north <br />"north of [[Lake Dongting]]"
| series = [[Coronation Street]]
|AdministrationType = [[Province of China|Province]]
| portrayer = Rebecca Pike <small>( -June 2005)</small><br />Louisa Morris <small>(July-October 2005)</small><br />Madison Hampson <small>(October 2005 - March 2006)</small><br />Amber Chadwick <small>(April 2006- )</small>
| first = 9 February 2004
|Capital = [[Wuhan]]
| born = 9 February 2004
|LargestCity = [[Wuhan]]
| residence = [[Rovers Return Inn]]
|Secretary = [[Luo Qingquan]]
|Governor = [[Li Hongzhong]]
| parents = [[Steve McDonald (Coronation Street)|Steve McDonald]]<br>[[Tracy Barlow]]
|Area_km2 = 185900
| grandparents = [[Jim McDonald (Coronation Street)|Jim McDonald]]<br>[[Ray Langton]]<br>[[Liz McDonald]]<br>[[Deirdre Barlow]]
|AreaRank = 14th
| aunts/uncles = [[Andy McDonald (Coronation Street)|Andy McDonald]]<br>Katie McDonald
|PopYear = 2004
|Pop = 60,160,000
|PopRank = 9th
|PopDensity_km2 = 324
|PopDensityRank = 12th
|GDPYear = 2007
|GDP = 915 billion
|GDPRank = 12th
|GDPperCapita = 14,733
|GDPperCapitaRank = 17th
|HDIYear = 2005
|HDI = 0.755
|HDIRank = 15th
|HDICat = <font color="#ffcc00">medium</font>
|Nationalities = [[Han Chinese|Han]] - 95.6%<br />[[Tujia]] - 3.7%<br />[[Hmong people|Miao]] - 0.4%
|Prefectures = 13
|Counties = 102
|Townships = 1235
|Website = http://www.hubei.gov.cn <br /> ([[Simplified Chinese]])
}}
}}
'''{{Audio|zh-Hubei.ogg|Hubei}}''' ({{zh-cpw |c=湖北 |p=Húběi |w=Hu-pei}}; [[Chinese Postal Map Romanization|Postal map spelling]]: ''Hupeh'') is a central [[province of China|province]] of the [[People's Republic of China]]. Its abbreviation is 鄂 ([[pinyin]]: È), an ancient name associated with the eastern part of the province since the [[Qin Dynasty]]. The name ''Hubei'' means "north of the lake", referring to Hubei's position north of [[Dongting Lake]].<ref>{{zh}} [http://www.people.com.cn/GB/shenghuo/1090/2435218.html Origin of the Names of China's Provinces], [[People's Daily Online]].</ref> The capital of Hubei is [[Wuhan]].
'''Amy Barlow''', played by Amber Chadwick, is the daughter of [[Steve McDonald (Coronation Street character)|Steve McDonald]] and [[Tracy Barlow]]. She was originally called Patience by [[Roy Cropper]], who had been deceived into believing she was his daughter, however her name was changed back to Amy when it was discovered Tracy had fabricated her daughter's paternity, having falsely claimed to have drugged and slept with Roy. Upon discovering her pregnancy, Tracy had decided to pretend the baby was Roy's, as she felt it would be easier to manipulate him than Steve. Initially, Tracy agreed to give her daughter to Roy and his transsexual wife [[Hayley Cropper|Hayley]] in exchange for money. Amy lived with the Croppers for a few weeks, until Steve married [[Karen McDonald|Karen Phillips]] and Tracy confessed the truth. She then took her baby back and renamed her Amy.


Hubei borders [[Henan]] to the north, [[Anhui]] to the east, [[Jiangxi]] to the southeast, [[Hunan]] to the south, [[Chongqing]] to the west, and [[Shaanxi]] to the northwest. The high-profile [[Three Gorges Dam]] is located in [[Yichang]], in western Hubei.
Steve initially wanted nothing to do with his daughter, as he felt it could jeopardise his future with new wife Karen. However, when he and Karen broke up, Steve grew to love Amy and did everything he could to be a proper father to her, even getting together with Tracy for a while. Tracy loved Steve but her feelings were not reciprocated. As Steve and Tracy were unmarried when Amy was born, Steve wanted to sign for joint parental responsibility before breaking up with Tracy, as he feared she would try to take Amy away from him. However, Tracy guessed his plan, and they split up. Tracy went as far as to frame Steve for kidnap, but a court ruled that he should be given parental responsibility and see his daughter.


A popular unofficial name for Hubei is ''Chu'' ({{zh-cp |c=楚 |p=Chǔ}}), after the powerful [[state of Chu]] that existed here during the [[Eastern Zhou Dynasty]].
When Tracy was convicted for the murder of boyfriend [[Charlie Stubbs]] in April 2007, Amy went to live with Steve in the [[Rovers Return Inn]]. She now lives with Steve, grandmother [[Liz McDonald]], Steve's girlfriend [[Michelle Connor]], and Michelle's teenage son [[Ryan Connor|Ryan]].
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===Simon Barlow===
{{Infobox soap character
| color=#F0E68C
| name = Simon Barlow
| series = [[Coronation Street]]
| portrayer = Alexander Bain
| first = October 2008
| born = 2003
| parents = [[Peter Barlow (Coronation Street)|Peter Barlow]]<br>Lucy Richards
| grandparents = [[Ken Barlow (Coronation Street)|Ken Barlow]]<br>[[Valerie Barlow]]
| aunts/uncles = [[Susan Barlow]]<br>[[Daniel Osbourne]]
| cousins = [[Adam Barlow]]
}}


== History ==
'''Simon Barlow''' will be played by Alexander Bain, and will arrive in October 2008. He is the five-year-old son of [[Peter Barlow (Coronation Street)|Peter Barlow]] who will arrive when his father, Peter returns to take over the bookies on [[Rosamund Street]]. His mother is Lucy Richards, who will hand Peter Simon due to her of dying of cancer. After not knowing much about kids, Peter moves in with father Ken and step mother [[Deirdre Barlow|Deirdre]], and nearly gives his son away drunkenly in the [[Rovers Return]].<ref>http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/soaps/coronation-street/news/coronation-street-peter-barlow-returns-with-son/4021</ref><ref>http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/tv-news/274241/coronation-street-s-peter-barlow-returns/1/</ref><ref>http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/coronation-street-peter-barlow-returns-with-secret-love-child/</ref>
By the [[Spring and Autumn Period]] (770 BC - 476 BC), Hubei was home to the powerful [[state of Chu]]. Chu was nominally a tributary state of the [[Zhou Dynasty]], and it was itself an extension of the Chinese civilization that had emerged some centuries before in the north; but it was also culturally unique, and was a powerful state that held onto much of the middle and lower [[Yangtze River]], with power extending northwards into the [[North China Plain]].
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During the [[Warring States Period]] (475 BC - 221 BC) Chu became the major adversary of the upstart [[state of Qin]] to the northwest (in what is now [[Shaanxi]] province), which began to assert itself by outward expansionism. As wars between Qin and Chu ensued, Chu lost more and more land: first its dominance over the [[Sichuan Basin]], then (in 278 BC) its heartland, which correspond to modern Hubei. In 223 BC Qin chased down the remnants of the Chu regime, which had fled eastwards, as part of Qin's bid for the conquest of all China.
==C==
===Julie Carp===
{{Infobox soap character
| color=#F0E68C
| name = Julie Carp
| series = [[Coronation Street]]
| portrayer = Katy Cavanagh
| first = 25 April 2008
| occupation = Machinist at [[List of businesses in Weatherfield#Underworld|Underworld]]
| residence = 5 Coronation Street
| romances = [[Kirk Sutherland]]
}}
'''Julie Carp''', played by Katy Cavanagh, made her first onscreen appearance on 25 April 2008,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/Soaps/coronationstreet/ArrivalsLounge/JulieCarp/default.html|title=Julie Carp|publisher=[[ITV.com]]}}</ref> as the new girlfriend of established character [[Kirk Sutherland]]. A ''[[Coronation Street]]'' insider revealed; “Kirk’s had a pretty tough time of late, but he’s finally found a kindred spirit in Julie.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/coronation-street-kirk-falls-in-love/|title=Coronation Street Kirk falls in love}}</ref> Julie initially clashed with Kirk's ex-girlfriend [[Fiz Brown]], however the two are now good friends. Julie moved in with Kirk, Fiz and Chesney, and found a job at Underworld.


Qin founded the [[Qin Dynasty]] in 221 BC, the first unified state in China. Qin was succeeded by the [[Han Dynasty]] in 206 BC, which established the province (''[[zhou (political division)|zhou]]'') of [[Jingzhou province|Jingzhou]] in what is now Hubei and [[Hunan]]. Near the end of the [[Han Dynasty]] in the beginning of the 3rd century, Jingzhou was ruled by regional warlord [[Liu Biao]]. After his death, Liu Biao's realm was surrendered by his successors to [[Cao Cao]], a powerful warlord who had conquered nearly all of north China; but in the [[Battle of Red Cliffs]], warlords [[Liu Bei]] and [[Sun Quan]] drove Cao Cao out of Jingzhou. Liu Bei then took control of Jingzhou; he went on to conquer Yizhou (the [[Sichuan Basin]]), but lost Jingzhou to Sun Quan; for the next few decades Jingzhou was controlled by the [[Wu Kingdom]], ruled by Sun Quan and his successors.
On 3 September Julie admitted that she has had two previous engagement and a disastrous marriage before she met Kirk.
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[[Image:Chinese silk, 4th Century BC.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Detail of an embroidered silk gauze ritual garment from a 4th century BC, [[Zhou Dynasty|Zhou era]] tomb at Mashan, [[Hubei]] province, [[China]].]]
===Barry Connor===
The incursion of northern nomadic peoples into northern China at the beginning of the 4th century began nearly three centuries of the division of China into a nomad-ruled (but increasingly Sinicized) north and a [[Han Chinese]]-ruled south. Hubei, which is in southern China, remained under southern rule for this entire period, until the reunification of China by the [[Sui Dynasty]] in 589. In 617 the [[Tang Dynasty]] replaced Sui, and later on the Tang Dynasty placed what is now Hubei under several [[circuit (political division)|circuits]]: [[Jiangnanxi Circuit]] in the south; [[Shannandong Circuit]] in the west, and [[Huainan Circuit]] in the east. After the [[Tang Dynasty]] disintegrated the 10th century, Hubei came under the control of several regional regimes: [[Jingnan]] in the center, [[Wu (Ten Kingdoms)|Wu]] (later [[Southern Tang]]) to the east, and the [[Five Dynasties]] to the north.
{{Infobox soap character
| color=#F0E68C
| name = Barry Connor
| series = [[Coronation Street]]
| portrayer = Frank Grimes
| first = 4 February 2008
| spouse = [[#Helen Connor|Helen Connor]]
| children = [[Michelle Connor]]<br>[[Liam Connor]]<br>[[Paul Connor (Coronation Street)|Paul Connor]]
| grandchildren = [[Alex Neeson]]<br>[[Paul Connor Jr.]]
| nieces/nephews = [[#Tom Kerrigan|Tom Kerrigan]]
}}
'''Barry Connor''', played by Frank Grimes, first appeared in February 2008 along with his wife, Helen, and nephew, Tom, to attend his son, [[Liam Connor|Liam's]] marriage to [[Maria Connor|Maria Sutherland]]. He is set to return to the street in October to attend Liam's funeral, after he is murdered by [[Tony Gordon]].
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The [[Song Dynasty]] reunified China in 982 and placed most of Hubei into [[Jinghubei Circuit]], a longer version of Hubei's current name. [[Mongol]]s conquered China fully in 1279, and under their rule the province of [[Huguang]] was established, covering Hubei, [[Hunan]], and parts of [[Guangdong]] and [[Guangxi]]. During the Mongol rule, in 1334, Hubei was devastated by the world's first recorded outbreak of the [[Black Death]], which spread during the following three centuries to decimate populations throughout Eurasia. (Citation needed, as most authorities say Central Asia, some say India, and at least one says Africa).
===Helen Connor===
{{Infobox soap character
| color=#F0E68C
| name = Helen Connor
| series = [[Coronation Street]]
| portrayer = Sorcha Cusack
| first = 4 February 2008
| spouse = [[#Barry Connor|Barry Connor]]
| children = [[Michelle Connor]]<br>[[Liam Connor]]<br>[[Paul Connor (Coronation Street)|Paul Connor]]
| grandchildren = [[Alex Neeson]]<br>[[Paul Connor Jr.]]
| nieces/nephews = [[#Tom Kerrigan|Tom Kerrigan]]
}}
'''Helen Connor''', played by Sorcha Cusack, first appeared in February 2008 along with her husband, Barry and nephew, Tom, to attend his son [[Liam Connor|Liam's]] wedding to [[Maria Sutherland]]. She is set to return to the street in October to attend Liam's funeral, after he is murdered by [[Tony Gordon]].
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[[Image:LonggangZhen-NanyangShidi-0025.jpg|thumb|A family's ancestral hall, [[Yangxin County]]]]
===Ryan Connor===
The [[Ming Dynasty]] drove out the Mongols in 1368, and their version of Huguang province was smaller, and corresponded almost entirely to the modern provinces of Hubei and Hunan combined. The [[Manchu]] [[Qing Dynasty]] which had conquered China in 1644 split Huguang into the modern provinces of Hubei and Hunan in 1664. The Qing Dynasty continued to maintain a [[viceroy]] of Huguang, however; one of the most famous was [[Zhang Zhidong]], whose modernizing reforms made Hubei (especially [[Wuhan]]) into a prosperous center of commerce and industry. The [[Huangshi]]/[[Daye]] area, south-east of Wuhan, became an important center of mining and metallurgy.
{{Infobox soap character
| color=#F0E68C
| name = Ryan Connor
| series = [[Coronation Street]]
| portrayer = [[Ben Thompson (actor)|Ben Thompson]]
| first = 30 August 2006
| born = 14 January 1992
| residence = [[Rovers Return Inn]]
| parents = [[Nick Neeson|Nick]] and [[List_of_past_recurring_and_minor_Coronation_Street_characters|Wendy Neeson]] (biological)<br>[[Michelle Connor]] and Dean (Legal)
}}
'''Ryan Connor''', played by [[Ben Thompson (actor)|Ben Thompson]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/Soaps/coronationstreet/castandcharacters/atoe/RyanConnor/default.html|title=Ryan Connor|publisher=[[ITV.com]]}}</ref> is the son of [[Michelle Connor]]. It was discovered in 2008 that he had been swapped at birth, and is the biological son of [[Nick Neeson|Nick]] and Wendy Neeson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/soaperstar/view/19230/Michelle-in-tot-mix-up/|title=Michelle in tot mix-up|publisher=''[[Daily Star]]''}}</ref> He attends Weatherfield High.


In 1911 the [[Wuchang Uprising]] took place in modern-day [[Wuhan]], overthrowing the [[Qing Dynasty]] and establishing the [[Republic of China]]. In 1927 Wuhan became the seat of a government established by left-wing elements of the [[Kuomintang]], led by [[Wang Jingwei]]; this government was later merged into [[Chiang Kai-shek]]'s government in [[Nanjing]]. During [[World War II]] the eastern parts of Hubei were conquered and occupied by [[Japan]] while the western parts remained under Chinese control.
In December 2006, Ryan was caught by [[Norris Cole]] vandalising the Kabin. Michelle made him help in the Kabin every night after school for a week. For a time, Michelle dated [[Sonny Dhillon]]. After they broke up, Ryan went [[joyriding]] in Sonny's car. He was caught by the police, though later released. When he returned to the Street, his uncle [[Paul Connor (Coronation Street)|Paul]] smacked him across the face. The reason for this was later revealed to be that Paul caused the demise of Ryan's late father, Dean, due to careless driving. In an episode several months later, Paul died in a car accident after kidnapping [[Leanne Battersby]].


[[Image:Wuhan-Flood-Memorial-0230.jpg|thumb|left|A monument with [[Mao Zedong|Mao]]'s dedication to the people of Wuhan overcoming the Flood of 1954]]
Throughout December 2007, Ryan was stalked by a mysterious stranger who knew him by name. When tracked down, the man, Nick Neeson, explained that he believed Ryan to be his real son, and his own son Alex to be Michelle's after a baby mix-up at the hospital.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a78558/corries-michelle-in-child-swap-storyline.html|title=Corrie's Michelle in baby swap storyline|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref> A DNA test later confirmed this to be the case. Nick wrote Ryan a letter in which he told him he was sorry for stalking him and hoped he understood why he had to see him. Ryan tore it up before reading it and Michelle picked up the pieces. Inside was a picture of Ryan just after he was born with Nick and Wendy.
During the [[Cultural Revolution]] in the 1960s, Wuhan saw fighting between rival ''[[Red Guards (China)|Red Guard]]'' factions.


As the fears of a nuclear war increased during the time of [[Sino-Soviet border conflict]]s in the late 1969s, the [[Xianning]] prefecture of Hubei was chosen as the site of [[Underground Project 131|Project 131]], an underground military command headquarters.
Ryan moved in with his uncle and aunt, [[Liam Connor|Liam]] and [[Maria Connor]] in February 2008, feeling excluded because Alex was living with Michelle. After Alex moved out in March, Ryan moved back in. Ryan continues to see Nick on occasion.
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The province - and Wuhan in particular - suffered severely from the [[1954 Yangtze River Floods]]. Large scale dam construction followed, with the [[Gezhouba Dam]] on the [[Yangtze River]] near [[Yichang]] started in 1970 and completed in 1988; the construction of the [[Three Gorges Dam]], further upstream, began in 1993. In the following years, authorities resettled millions of people from western Hubei to make way for the construction of the dam. A number of smaller dams have been constructed on the Yangtze's tributaries as well.
==D==
===Wiki Dankowska===
{{Infobox soap character
| color=#F0E68C|series=[[Coronation Street]]|
name = Wiki Dankowska
| first = 26 February 2007
| born = 1968
| children = Son, in Poland
| occupation = Machinist at [[List of businesses in Weatherfield#Underworld|Underworld]]
| portrayer = [[Wanda Opalinska]]
}}
'''Wiki Dankowska''' (IPA: [vɪ.kɪ dæn.kaʊ.skæ]), played by [[Wanda Opalinska]], made her first appearance on 26 February 2007 as a new employee of [[Carla Connor]] at the Underworld factory. As a [[Poland|Polish]] immigrant, she was paid less than other employees, and they became concerned that their pay would be affected by this. She was bullied by [[Joanne Jackson (Coronation Street)|Joanne Jackson]] and [[Janice Battersby]], but [[Hayley Cropper]] secured her equal pay for her from [[Liam Connor]]. She is the only factory worker to have seen [[Kasia Barowicz]] fall and die in the factory during an illegal shift. Paul, Carla and Liam covered up Kasia's death until 8:00am the following morning, when the death would be covered by their insurance. Wiki went along with this when Carla told her that if they didn't do this, Kasia's family would get no compensation money. Wiki has a son back home in Poland, aged 21, and she is working in Underworld to support him. She has since started her own business selling underwear.
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==H==
== Geography ==
The [[Jianghan Plain]] takes up most of central and eastern Hubei, while the west and the peripheries are more [[mountain]]ous, with ranges such as the [[Wudang Mountains]], the [[Jingshan Mountains]], the [[Daba Mountains]], and the [[Wushan Mountains]] (in rough north-to-south order). The [[Dabie Mountains]] lie to the northeast, on the border with [[Henan]] and [[Anhui]]; the [[Tongbai Mountains]] lie to the north on the border with [[Henan]]; to the southeast the [[Mufu Mountains]] form the border with [[Jiangxi]]. The eastern half of the [[Three Gorges]] ([[Xiling Gorge]] and part of [[Wu Gorge]]) lies in western Hubei; the other half is in neighbouring [[Chongqing]]. The highest peak in Hubei is [[Shennong Peak]], found in the [[Daba Mountains]] and in the [[forestry]] area of [[Shennongjia]]; it has an altitude of 3105 [[metre|m]].
===Pam Hobsworth===
{{Infobox soap character
| color=#F0E68C
|series=[[Coronation Street]]
| name = Pam Hobsworth
| first = 16 July 2008
| spouse = Jeff Hobsworth ([[estranged]] husband)
| siblings = [[Diggory Compton]] (brother)
| nieces/nephews = [[Molly Compton]]
| portrayer = [[Kate Anthony]]
| occupation = Saleswoman
}}
'''Pam Hobsworth''' (neé '''Compton'''), played by [[Kate Anthony]], made her first appearance on 16 July 2008 as established character [[Molly Compton]]'s aunt. Her arrival was first announced in April 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a94791/jackie-bornbs-john-stape-return-to-corrie.html|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|title=Jackie Dobbs, John Stape to return to Corrie}}</ref> Pam was introduced in July 2008, seen as a stranger selling ham to [[Blanche Hunt]] in the [[Rovers Return Inn]]. When Molly arrived at the pub, they recognised each other instantly. On 25 July 2008, Pam extravagantly bought Molly's boyfriend [[Tyrone Dobbs]] a Fabergé egg to use to propose to Molly. Pam told [[Jack Duckworth]], Molly, and Tyrone that she could leave if she'd worn out her welcome, but they insisted she stay. Pam had led them to believe her husband had died, but confided in Molly that he'd thrown her out for having an affair with the renderer. Pam convinced Tyrone that Molly wanted a lavish wedding, and began teaching him how to make more money. She entered into a small row with Tyrone's mother [[Jackie Dobbs|Jackie]] after she upset Molly and [[Tyrone Dobbs|Tyrone]].
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[[Image:Hubei-Yichang.JPG|thumb|Boats on the Yangtze River, upstream from the Three Gorges]]
==K==
The [[Yangtze River]] enters Hubei from the west via the [[Three Gorges]]; the [[Hanshui River|Hanshui]] and [[Shen Nong Stream]] enter from the north. [[Shen Nong Stream]] is a tributary of the Yangtze River which has also been degraded by the Three Gorges Dam project. The Yangtze and Hanshui rivers meet at Wuhan, the provincial capital. Thousands of lakes dot the landscape, giving Hubei the name of: "Province of Lakes"; the largest of these lakes are [[Lake Liangzi]] and [[Lake Honghu]]. The [[Danjiangkou Reservoir]] lies on the border between Hubei and [[Henan]].
===Amber Kalirai===
{{Infobox soap character
| color=#F0E68C
| name = Amber Kalirai
| series=[[Coronation Street]]
| first = 9 November 2005
| residence = Victoria Court
| born = 1990
| grandparents = Urmila Alahan<br>Ranjiv Alahan
| parents = [[Dev Alahan]]<br>Ravinder Kalirai
| siblings = Aadi Alahan<br>Shareen<br>Asha Alahan (all half)
| occupation = Student, employee at [[List of businesses in Weatherfield#D&S Corner Shop|D&S Corner Shop]]
| portrayer = [[Nikki Patel]]}}
'''Amber Kalirai''', played by Nikki Patel, is the daughter of [[Dev Alahan]] ([[Jimmi Harkishin]]) and works in his corner shop when not at school. She first arrived on 9 November 2005, when her mum Ravinder was taken into hospital and she was looked after by Dev on the Street. Amber started helping out in the corner shop but her incessant chat wound up Dev. Initially Dev did not want Amber in his life as he was married to [[Sunita Parekh]] at the time and she served as a reminder of his philandering ways. However, he warmed to her and she came to live with him after her mother Ravinder moved to Finland with her partner. She had a crush on fellow neighbour [[David Platt (Coronation Street)|David Platt]] but he was initially unaware of her feelings. When he did confront her, she denied it. He later went on to use Amber in order to make [[Tina McIntyre]] jealous after she broke up with him. In early 2008, Amber began working at Valandros restaurant with [[Leanne Battersby|Leanne]], [[Paul Clayton (Coronation Street)|Paul]] and [[Luigi (Coronation Street)|Luigi]] until it was set alight by Paul. Dev then claimed that he did not want her any where near Paul.


Hubei has a [[subtropical climate]] with distinct seasons. Hubei has average temperatures of 1 - 6 [[Celsius|°C]] in winter and of 24 - 30 [[Celsius|°C]] in summer; punishing temperatures of 40 [[Celsius|°C]] or above are famously associated with [[Wuhan]], the provincial capital.
Amber's feelings for David resurfaced in August 2008 when David flirted with her to make his ex-girlfriend [[Tina McIntyre]] jealous. He invited Amber back to his place to watch a DVD. Amber began passionately kissing him when Tina stormed in, telling David off for his games. Amber initially believed Tina was wrong, but when David told Tina Amber meant nothing to him, Amber was crushed. She has now set her sights on David's friend [[Darryl Morton|Darryl]].
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Important cities are [[Wuhan]], [[Jingmen]], [[Shiyan]] and [[Shashi]].
===Tom Kerrigan===
{{Infobox soap character
| color=#F0E68C|
|series=[[Coronation Street]]
| name = Tom Kerrigan
| first = 6 February 2008
| residence =7 Coronation Street
| cousins = [[Michelle Connor]]<br>[[Liam Connor]]<br>[[Paul Connor (Coronation Street)|Paul Connor]]
| aunts/uncles = [[#Barry Connor|Barry Connor]]<br>[[#Helen Connor|Helen Connor]]
| portrayer = Philip McGinley
}}
'''Tom Kerrigan''', played by Philip McGinley, returned to ''[[Coronation Street]]'' in June 2008, having previously being seen at [[Liam Connor|Liam]]'s stag party in February that year. On his return, he began to get romantic with [[Carla Connor|Carla]], his cousin's widow, much to her fiance, [[Tony Gordon]]'s dislike. Tom has now made good friends with gay character [[Sean Tully]]. On September 3rd 2008, Sean asked Tom could he kiss him but Tom refused as to being straight. Sean then stormed off in a huff. This led to Sean's partner [[Marcus Dent]] punching Tom after he suspected he had slept with Sean.


== Administrative divisions ==
In September 2008, Tom entered into a men's shirt business called 'Lads Rags' with Liam. Unable to get a loan from the bank, Tom turned to Carla who gave him the 50,000 pounds that he needed, on the condition that she could have a 25% share in the business. This angered Liam at first but he eventually accepted the partnership.
[[Image:Yangxin-Fushui-River-fishermen-0044.jpg|thumb|Fishermen on the [[Fushui]] River, [[Yangxin County, Hubei|Yangxin County]]]]
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Hubei is divided into thirteen [[Political divisions of China#Prefecture-level|prefecture-level divisions]] (of which there are twelve [[prefecture-level cities]] and one [[autonomous prefecture]]), as well as three directly administered [[county-level cities]] and one directly administered county-level forestry area.


The sub-province-level city:
==M==
* [[Wuhan]] ({{zh-sp|s=武汉市|p=Wǔhàn Shì}})
===Prem Mandal===
{{Infobox soap character
| color=#F0E68C|
| series = [[Coronation Street]]
| name = Prem Mandal
| first = 18 July 2008
| occupation = Businessman
| portrayer = [[Madhav Sharma]]
| children = [[#Tara Mandal|Tara Mandal]]
| spouse = [[#Nina Mandal|Nina Mandal]]
}}
'''Prem Mandal''', played by [[Madhav Sharma]], first appeared upon meeting [[Dev Alahan]] and [[Vernon Tomlin]] on a golf course. Prem, who runs a successful floor-covering business, remembered Dev from a Trades association meeting. Prem took Dev under his wing, as he said Dev reminded him of a younger version of himself. Sharma had previously played Dev's father during a 2004 appearance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/07/14/coronation-street-actor-returning-as-different-character-89520-20643190/|title=Coronation Street actor returning as different character|publisher=''[[The Mirror]]''}}</ref> Dev was invited to dinner with Prem and his wife [[Nina Mandal]] on 1 August 2008. Nina then began an affair with Dev.
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The prefecture-level cities:
===Nina Mandal===
* [[Ezhou]] ({{lang|zh-cn|鄂州市}} Èzhōu Shì)
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* [[Huanggang, Hubei|Huanggang]] ({{lang|zh-cn|黄冈市}} Huánggāng Shì)
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* [[Huangshi]] ({{lang|zh-cn|黄石市}} Huángshí Shì)
|series=[[Coronation Street]]
* [[Jingmen]] ({{lang|zh-cn|荆门市}} Jīngmén Shì)
|portrayer=[[Harvey Virdi]]|gender = Female
* [[Jingzhou]] ({{lang|zh-cn|荆州市}} Jīngzhōu Shì)
| name = Nina Mandal
* [[Shiyan]] ({{lang|zh-cn|十堰市}} Shíyàn Shì)
| first = 30 July 2008
* [[Suizhou]] ({{lang|zh-cn|随州市}} Suízhōu Shì)
| children = [[#Tara Mandal|Tara Mandal]]
* [[Xiangfan]] ({{lang|zh-cn|襄樊市}} Xiāngfán Shì)
| spouse = [[#Prem Mandal|Prem Mandal]]
* [[Xianning]] ({{lang|zh-cn|咸宁市}} Xiánníng Shì)
| romances = [[Dev Alahan]]
* [[Xiaogan]] ({{lang|zh-cn|孝感市}} Xiàogǎn Shì)
}}
* [[Yichang]] ({{lang|zh-cn|宜昌市}} Yíchāng Shì)
'''Nina Mandal''', played by [[Harvey Virdi]], made her first appearance on 30 July 2008 as the wife of new character [[Prem Mandel]]. She began to flirt with Prem's friend [[Dev Alahan]], who had idolized her in his youth, as she'd been a [[Bollywood]] star. The following day Nina invited Dev to come to dinner with her and Prem. When Nina and Dev were alone, Nina shocked Dev by suggesting they have an affair. After some initial reluctance, he gave in within a few days. Nina has now told Dev to book a weekend away for he and Nina behind Prem's back. Nina then began to blackmail Dev after he attempted to end their affair. When Dev was introduced to Prem and Nina's daughter [[Tara Mandal|Tara]], Nina furiously warned the shopkeeper to keep away from her.
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The autonomous prefecture:
===Tara Mandal===
* [[Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture]] ({{lang|zh-cn|恩施土家族苗族自治州}} Ēnshī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu)
{{Infobox soap character
| color=#F0E68C|
| series=[[Coronation Street]]|
| name = Tara Mandal
| first = 15 September 2008
| portrayer = [[Ayesha Dharker]]
| parents = [[#Prem Mandal|Prem Mandal]]<br>[[#Nina Mandal|Nina Mandal]]
}}
'''Tara Mandal''', played by [[Ayesha Dharker]], is the daughter of characters [[Prem Mandal|Prem]] and [[Nina Mandal]]. Her creation and casting were first announced on 22 August 2008,<ref name=Dharker>{{cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article1591652.ece|title=Corrie bags Dharker beauty|author=Jen Blackburn|date=22 August 2008|accessdate=2008-09-01}}</ref> one month after ''[[Coronation Street]]'' was lambasted in a report by chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission [[Trevor Phillips]] for being "too white".<ref name=Equality>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2304563/Britain's-most-popular-television-programmes-'too-white',-says-Trevor-Phillips.html|title=Britain's most popular television programmes 'too white', says Trevor Phillips|author=Nicole Martin|date=19 July 2008|accessdate=2008-09-01}}</ref> The report criticised the show's [[tokenism]] in having existing Asian character [[Dev Alahan]] fill the stereotypical role of shopkeeper.<ref name=Equality /> Dharker's casting as Tara also dually serves to increase Dev's role in the soap, as her arrival sees him become the center of a mother-daughter love triangle. A show insider said: "We really want Ayesha to become a favourite with viewers."<ref name=Dharker /> Tara made her first appearance on 15 September 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/soaps/article1644687.ece|publisher=''[[The Sun]]''|title=You crafty old Dev|date=4 September 2008|accessdate=2008-09-22}} </ref>
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The three directly administered county-level cities are more accurately described as [[sub-prefecture-level cities]]:
===Joe McIntyre===
* [[Tianmen]] ({{lang|zh-cn|天门市}} Tiānmén Shì)
{{Infobox soap character
* [[Qianjiang, Hubei|Qianjiang]] ({{lang|zh-cn|潜江市}} Qiánjiāng Shì)
| color=#F0E68C|
* [[Xiantao]] ({{lang|zh-cn|仙桃市}} Xiāntáo Shì)
| series=[[Coronation Street]]
| name =Joe Mcintyre
| first = 26 May 2008
| spouse = Anna McIntyre ([[estranged]] wife)
| children = [[Tina McIntyre]]
| portrayer = [[Reece Dinsdale]]
| romances = [[Gail Platt]]
}}
'''Joe McIntyre''', played by [[Reece Dinsdale]], first appeared on 26 May 2008. He later appeared on 13 June 2008 where he met his daughter [[Tina McIntyre|Tina's]] boyfriend [[David Platt (Coronation Street)|David]]. He became a permanent character in August 2008, beginning a secret romance with [[Gail Platt]], David's mother. Joe also arranged a date for Tina and David in an attempt to reunite them, but failed. In October 2008, he offered David a job much to the delight of Tina.
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The county-level forestry area:
==N==
* [[Shennongjia]] ({{lang|zh-cn|神农架林区}} Shénnóngjià Línqū)
===Natasha===
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|series=[[Coronation Street]]
|name=Natasha
|first=12 May 2008
|occupation=[[Hairdresser]]
|portrayer=[[Rachel Leskovac]]
}}
'''Natasha''', played by actress [[Rachel Leskovac]], is a hairdresser in [[Audrey Roberts]]' hair salon. She made her first appeared on 12 May 2008. She came to [[Weatherfield]] as her old hairdressers had burnt down. She now appears on a more regular basis, usually seen in the salon hairdressing, and often speaks to the customers.
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The thirteen [[Political divisions of China#Prefecture-level|prefecture-level divisions]] and four directly administered [[Political divisions of China#County-level|county-level divisions]] of Hubei are subdivided into 102 [[Political divisions of China#County-level|county-level divisions]] (38 [[District of China|district]]s, 24 [[county-level cities]], 37 [[County of China|counties]], two [[autonomous counties]], one forestry area; the directly administered county-level divisions are included here). Those are in turn divided into 1234 [[Political divisions of China#Township-level|township-level divisions]] (737 [[town of China|town]]s, 215 [[township of China|township]]s, nine [[ethnic township]]s, and 273 [[subdistrict]]s).
==P==
===Ted Page===
{{Infobox soap character
| color=#F0E68C
|series=[[Coronation Street]]
|name=Ted Page
|first=28 April 2008
|aunts/uncles=Tommy Page
|children=[[Gail Platt]]
|grandchildren=[[Nick Tilsley]]<br>[[David Platt (Coronation Street)|David Platt]]<br>[[Sarah-Louise Grimshaw]]
|great grandchildren=[[Bethany Platt]]<br>[[Billy Platt]]
|occupation=Businessman
|portrayer=[[Michael Byrne (actor)|Michael Byrne]]
}}
'''Ted Page''', played by [[Michael Byrne (actor)|Michael Byrne]], is the long lost father of [[Gail Platt]], and made his first appearance on 28 April 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a94224/audrey-meets-ted-for-the-first-time-in-years.html|title=Audrey meets Ted for the first time in years|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref> A week after his arrival, Ted revealed he was [[homosexual|gay]], and had recently lost his partner of twenty years. [[Audrey Roberts]], before splitting up with Ted fifty years previously, had discovered she was pregnant and didn't want to tell him. This resulted in [[Gail Platt|Gail]] being born. Upon learning this, Ted became agitated as he realised he had missed out on 50 years of his daughters life and had never seen his grandchildren, [[Nick Tilsley|Nick]], [[Sarah Grimshaw|Sarah]] and [[David Platt (Coronation Street)|David]] or his great grandchildren, [[Bethany Platt|Bethany]] and [[Billy Platt|Billy]]. Ted soon met Gail and they bonded almost instantly. Ted supported David when he was going to his job interview at a salon, going so far as to write a letter of recommendation using Audrey's name. He befriended [[Ken Barlow]], offering him an extra ticket for a play. This led to Ken's mother-in-law [[Blanche Hunt]] suspecting Ken might become gay. Ted then became a support system for Audrey following her car accident and breakup with [[Bill Webster]].
{{-}}


See '''[[List of administrative divisions of Hubei]]''' for a complete list of [[Political divisions of China#County-level|county-level divisions]].
===Joshua Peacock===
{{Infobox soap character
| color=#F0E68C
|series=[[Coronation Street]]
|name=Joshua Peacock
|first=17 April 2002
|born=8 April 2002
|parents=[[Matt Ramsden]]<br>[[Maxine Peacock]]|grandparents=Derek Heavey<br>Doreen Heavey
|occupation=Student
|portrayer=Brandon Jackson <small>(2002 - 2003)</small><br />Stephen Collins <small>(2003)</small><br />[[Benjamin Beresford]] <small>(2004-)</small>
}}
'''Joshua Peacock''', played by [[Benjamin Beresford]], was born on 8 April 2002 at Weatherfield General Hospital. He is the result of a one-night-stand between [[Maxine Peacock]] and [[Matt Ramsden]], though is being raised by Maxine's former husband [[Ashley Peacock]], and new wife [[Claire Peacock]], after his mother was murdered by Street serial killer [[Richard Hillman]] when Joshua was nine months old. Matt now has regular contact with his son, and Joshua has a younger brother by Ashley and Claire, [[Freddie Peacock|Freddie]].
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==Politics==
===Freddie Peacock===
[[Image:Wuhan-Hubei-National-Security-Office-0372.jpg|thumb|Hubei Provincial offices of the Ministry of State Security and Ministry of Public Security]]
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Secretaries of the [[Communist Party of China|CPC]] Hubei Committee:
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#[[Li Xiannian]] (李先念): 1949-1954
|series=[[Coronation Street]]
#[[Wang Renzhong]] (王任重): 1954-1966
|name=Freddie Peacock
#[[Zhang Tixue]] (张体学): 1966-1967
|first=17 July 2006
#[[Zeng Siyu]] (曾思玉): 1970-1973
|born=17 July 2006
#[[Zhao Xinchu]] (赵辛初): 1973-1978
|parents=[[Ashley Peacock]]<br>[[Claire Peacock]]
#[[Chen Pixian]] (陈丕显): 1978-1982
|grandparents=[[Fred Elliott]]<br>Kathleen Gutteridge<br>[[Yvonne Casey]]
#[[Guan Guangfu]] (关广富): 1983-1994
|great grandparents=William Elliott<br>Amelia Elliott|portrayer=Dylan Whitbread<br>Hayden Whitbread
#[[Jia Zhijie]] (贾志杰): 1994-2001
}}
#[[Jiang Zhusheng]] (蒋祝平): 2001
'''Frederick "Freddie" Thomas Peacock'''<ref>"[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a46155/in-pictures-fire-at-the-peacocks.html?page=3 In Pictures: Fire at the Peacocks']", ''Digital Spy''. URL last accessed [[2007-05-10]].</ref> (né '''Thomas Duncan''' Peacock) is played by Dylan and Hayden Whitbread. He was born on 17 July 2006 to [[Claire Peacock|Claire]] and [[Ashley Peacock]]. Claire suffered from [[post natal depression]] after Freddie was born, refusing to believe that Freddie wasn't her own. On one occasion, she pushed his pram into the path of an oncoming vehicle, and also attempted to return him to the hospital. She was temporarily sectioned until she recovered and was able to return home. In October 2006, Claire announced that she would like to have his name changed from Thomas to Freddie, after his paternal grandfather [[Fred Elliott]] who had died the week before. In December 2006 he was christened Frederick Thomas, with [[Eileen Grimshaw]] as his godmother, and [[Roy Cropper]] as his godfather.
#[[Yu Zhengsheng]] (俞正声): 2001-2007
#[[Luo Qingquan]] (罗清泉): 2007


Governors of Hubei:
In May 2007, a fire was started in Freddie's bedroom. Claire was rescued from the burning building, but Freddie was not discovered until later in the day, wrapped up in a local park. It was revealed that the fire had been started deliberately by use of an accelerant. Originally, this storyline was to last several months, but it was rewritten to avoid upsetting the family of [[Madeleine McCann]], who disappeared two weeks previously.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6638171.stm|title=Street rethinks child kidnap plot|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]}}</ref> In September 2007 the identity of Freddie's abductor was revealed to be Claire's former friend [[Casey Carswell]]. Casey abducted Freddie and took him to the balcony of her flat where she threatened to jump with him. Freddie was rescued unharmed, and Casey arrested.
#[[Li Xiannian]] (李先念): 1949-1954
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#[[Liu Zihou]] (刘子厚): 1954-1956
#[[Zhang Tixue]] (张体学): 1956-1967
#[[Zeng Siyu]] (曾思玉): 1968-1973
#[[Zhao Xinchu]] (赵辛初): 1973-1978
#[[Chen Pixian]] (陈丕显): 1978-1980
#[[Han Ningfu]] (韩宁夫): 1980-1982
#[[Huang Zhizhen]] (黄知真): 1982-1986
#[[Guo Zhenqian]] (郭振乾): 1986-1990
#[[Guo Shuyan]] (郭树言): 1990-1993
#[[Jia Zhijie]] (贾志杰): 1993-1995
#[[Jia Zhuping]] (蒋祝平): 1995-2001
#[[Zhang Guoguang]] (张国光): 2001-2002
#[[Luo Qingquan]] (罗清泉): 2002-2007
#[[Li Hongzhong]] (李鸿忠): 2007-incumbent (acting)


===Graeme Proctor===
== Economy ==
[[Image:Tongshan-County-rice-fields-9883.jpg|thumb|Rice fields in [[Tongshan County, Hubei|Tongshan County]]]]
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Hubei is often called the "Land of Fish and Rice" ({{lang|zh-cn|鱼米之乡}}). Important agricultural products in Hubei include [[cotton]], [[rice]], [[wheat]], and [[tea]], while industries include [[automobiles]], metallurgy, machinery, power generation, textiles, foodstuffs and high-tech commodities.
| color=#F0E68C
| name = Graeme Proctor
| series = Coronation Street
| portrayer = [[Craig Gazey]]
| first = 18 April 2008
| residence = Prison
}}


[[Mineral]] resources that can be found in Hubei in significant quantities include [[borax]], [[hongshiite]], [[wollastonite]], [[garnet]], [[marlstone]], [[iron]], [[phosphorus]], [[copper]], [[gypsum]], [[rutile]], [[rock salt]], [[gold]] amalgam, [[manganese]] and [[vanadium]]. The province's recoverable reserves of [[coal]] stand at 548 million tons, which is modest compared to other Chinese provinces. Hubei is also well known for its mines of fine turquoise and green faustite.
'''Graeme Proctor''', played by [[Craig Gazey]], is returning later in 2008, he first appeared in April 2008 as the new cellmate for the character [[David Platt (Coronation Street)|David Platt]], he last appeared in June when David was released, he is set to return later in November following his own release.
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Once completed, the [[Three Gorges Dam]] in western Hubei will provide plentiful [[hydroelectricity]], with an estimated annual power production of 84,700 Gwh. Existing hydroelectric stations include [[Gezhouba]], [[Danjiangkou]], [[Geheyan]], [[Hanjiang]], [[Duhe]], [[Huanglongtan]], [[Bailianhe]], [[Lushui]] and [[Fushui]].
==S==


Hubei's economy ranks 12th in the country and its nominal GDP for 2007 was 915 billion yuan (120 billion USD) and a per capita of 14,733 RMB (1,938 USD).


===Jed Stone===
== Demographics ==
[[Han Chinese]] form the dominant ethnic group in Hubei. A considerable [[Hmong people|Miao]] and [[Tujia]] population live in the southwestern part of the province, especially in [[Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture]].
{{Infobox soap character

| color=#F0E68C
== Culture ==
|series=[[Coronation Street]]
[[Image:Hubei-Museum-of-Art-0142.jpg|thumb|Hubei Museum of Art]]
| name = Jed Stone
People in Hubei speak [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] dialects; most of these dialects are classified as [[Southwestern Mandarin]] dialects, a group that also encompasses the Mandarin dialects of most of southwestern China.
|portrayer=[[Kenneth Cope]]

| first= 13 September 1961
Perhaps the most celebrated element of [[Hubei cuisine]] is the [[Wuchang fish]], a freshwater [[bream]] that is commonly steamed.
| born = 6 March 1940
}}


Types of traditional [[Chinese opera]] popular in Hubei include [[Hanju]] and [[Chuju]].
'''Jed Stone''', played by [[Kenneth Cope]], was a logder of [[Minnie Caldwell]]'s, and her nickname for him was "Sunny Jim". <ref>[http://www.corrieblog.tv/2008/08/jed_stone_this.html Corrieblog: Jed Stone, This is Your Life<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Jed was initially intended to be a somewhat nefarious character, but during an argument with [[Ena Sharples]], actor Kenneth Cope thought the cameras had stopped rolling and said, "Give us a kiss!" <ref>[http://www.corrieblog.tv/2008/08/kenneth_cope_wh.html Corrieblog: Kenneth Cope, where have you been?<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The line was kept in, and Jed became a more lighthearted figure, running various schemes while helping Minnie out when he could. He became known for his trademark flat cap, which he even wore during a bed scene. Jed was arrested on Minnie's birthday in 1966 and sentenced to prison for stealing blankets.


The [[Shennongjia]] area is the alleged home of the ''[[Yeren]]'', a wild undiscovered [[Hominidae|hominid]] that lives in the forested hills.
Jed returned on August 8, 2008, wearing his cap and holding a cat (as Minnie always held her cat) named Sunny Jim. Landlord [[Tony Gordon]] barged into Jed's home, but he refused Tony's attempts to persuade him to move out by saying he'd lived there for 40 years and in spite of his health problems, he was still more of a man than Tony. Ten days later, Tony returned in an attempt to buy Jed out of the flat. Tony returned a few hours later, and Jed suffered a heart attack. Tony delayed calling the ambulance, instead calling [[Jason Grimshaw]] who was helping to develop the flats. He then told the paramedics that Jed had been ready to sign the papers before he collapsed. He left Jed's cat on the streets to fend for itself. Jed was last seen in the hospital when Tony informed him of clearing the house out and said some harsh words to Mr. Stone, Jed then began to cry in turmoil over losing his cat and home.


The people of Hubei are given the uncomplimentary nickname "[[Nine-headed Bird|Nine Headed Birds]]" by other Chinese, from a [[Chinese mythology|mythological]] creature said to be very aggressive and hard to kill. ''"In the sky live nine-headed birds. On the earth live wise Hubei people."''
On September 30 2008 it was announced that Jed would return to the Street, and become another lodger at [[Emily Bishop]]'s house.<ref>http://www.corrieblog.tv/2008/09/jed_stone_movin.html</ref>.

[[Wuhan]] is one of the major culture centers in China.

== Education==
The premier [[Wuhan University]] (founded in 1893) and many other institutions in Wuhan makes it a hub of higher education and research in China.

== Universities ==
* [[Huazhong University of Science and Technology]]
* [[Huazhong Agricultural University]]
* [[Wuhan Technical University of Surveying & Mapping]]
* [[Central China Normal University]]
* [[Tongji Medical University]]
* [[Wuhan University of Hydraulic and Electric Engineering]]
* [[Hubei University]]
* [[Wuhan Technical University of Survey & Mapping]]
* [[Zhongnan University of Finance and Economics]]
* [[Hubei College of Education]]
* [[Wuhan Institute of Medical Sciences]]
* [[Wuhan University]]
* [[China University of Geosciences]]
* [[University of Hydraulic Electric Engineering]](yichang)
*[[Wuhan Institute of Chemical Technology]]
* [[Jingzhou Teacher's College]]

== Transportation ==
[[Image:Wuhan-boat-0157.jpg|thumb|Boats on the [[Yangtze River]] in [[Wuhan]]]]
Hubei plays an important role in China's transportation industry. Situated on the [[Yangtze River|Yangtze]] and [[Hanshui]] Rivers, which are important waterways, Hubei also enjoys the convenience of railways linking [[Beijing]] to [[Guangzhou]], Beijing to [[Kowloon]], [[Shanghai]] to Wuhan, Wuhan to [[Chengdu]], and [[Zhicheng]] to [[Liuzhou]], and of the airports in Wuhan, Yichang, Sanxia, Xiangfan and Shashi. National and provincial highways also contribute to Hubei's economic development.

== Tourism ==
Hubei is home to the ancient [[state of Chu]], a local state during the [[Eastern Zhou Dynasty]] that developed its own unique culture. Chu culture mixed with other influences, ancient and modern, endows Hubei richly with tourist resources. Famous attractions include:
*[[Jingzhou]] City
*[[Mount Jiugong]]
*[[Mount Wudang]]
*[[Three Gorges]]
*[[Yellow Crane Tower]] in [[Wuhan]]
* The [[Hubei Provincial Museum]] in Wuhan, with extensive archeological and cultural exhibits and performance presentations of ancient music and dance.

In 1994, the ancient building complex of the Wudang Mountains was listed by [[UNESCO]] as a [[World Heritage Site]].

== Sport ==
Professional sports teams in Hubei include:
* [[Chinese Football Association Super League]]
** [[Wuhan Huanghelou]]

== Twinning ==
In 2005, Hubei province signed a twinning agreement with [[Telemark]] county of Norway. A "Norway-Hubei Week" was held in 2007.<ref>www.norway-hubei.net</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[1954 Yangtze River Floods]]
*[[List of characters from Coronation Street|Current characters]]


==Notes==
==Notes==
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== External links ==
{{commons|Category:Hubei|Hubei}}
*[http://www.hubei.gov.cn/ Hubei Government website]
*{{wikitravel}}


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==References==
{{Hubei}}
* {{cite book |last=Little |first=Daran |title=40 Years of Coronation Street |year=2000 |publisher=Andre Deutsch |location=London |isbn=0-233-99806-3 }}
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Template:Distinguish2 Template:Infobox PRC province Hubeiⓘ (Chinese: 湖北; pinyin: Húběi; Wade–Giles: Hu-pei; Postal map spelling: Hupeh) is a central province of the People's Republic of China. Its abbreviation is 鄂 (pinyin: È), an ancient name associated with the eastern part of the province since the Qin Dynasty. The name Hubei means "north of the lake", referring to Hubei's position north of Dongting Lake.[1] The capital of Hubei is Wuhan.

Hubei borders Henan to the north, Anhui to the east, Jiangxi to the southeast, Hunan to the south, Chongqing to the west, and Shaanxi to the northwest. The high-profile Three Gorges Dam is located in Yichang, in western Hubei.

A popular unofficial name for Hubei is Chu (Chinese: 楚; pinyin: Chǔ), after the powerful state of Chu that existed here during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

History

By the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC - 476 BC), Hubei was home to the powerful state of Chu. Chu was nominally a tributary state of the Zhou Dynasty, and it was itself an extension of the Chinese civilization that had emerged some centuries before in the north; but it was also culturally unique, and was a powerful state that held onto much of the middle and lower Yangtze River, with power extending northwards into the North China Plain.

During the Warring States Period (475 BC - 221 BC) Chu became the major adversary of the upstart state of Qin to the northwest (in what is now Shaanxi province), which began to assert itself by outward expansionism. As wars between Qin and Chu ensued, Chu lost more and more land: first its dominance over the Sichuan Basin, then (in 278 BC) its heartland, which correspond to modern Hubei. In 223 BC Qin chased down the remnants of the Chu regime, which had fled eastwards, as part of Qin's bid for the conquest of all China.

Qin founded the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC, the first unified state in China. Qin was succeeded by the Han Dynasty in 206 BC, which established the province (zhou) of Jingzhou in what is now Hubei and Hunan. Near the end of the Han Dynasty in the beginning of the 3rd century, Jingzhou was ruled by regional warlord Liu Biao. After his death, Liu Biao's realm was surrendered by his successors to Cao Cao, a powerful warlord who had conquered nearly all of north China; but in the Battle of Red Cliffs, warlords Liu Bei and Sun Quan drove Cao Cao out of Jingzhou. Liu Bei then took control of Jingzhou; he went on to conquer Yizhou (the Sichuan Basin), but lost Jingzhou to Sun Quan; for the next few decades Jingzhou was controlled by the Wu Kingdom, ruled by Sun Quan and his successors.

Detail of an embroidered silk gauze ritual garment from a 4th century BC, Zhou era tomb at Mashan, Hubei province, China.

The incursion of northern nomadic peoples into northern China at the beginning of the 4th century began nearly three centuries of the division of China into a nomad-ruled (but increasingly Sinicized) north and a Han Chinese-ruled south. Hubei, which is in southern China, remained under southern rule for this entire period, until the reunification of China by the Sui Dynasty in 589. In 617 the Tang Dynasty replaced Sui, and later on the Tang Dynasty placed what is now Hubei under several circuits: Jiangnanxi Circuit in the south; Shannandong Circuit in the west, and Huainan Circuit in the east. After the Tang Dynasty disintegrated the 10th century, Hubei came under the control of several regional regimes: Jingnan in the center, Wu (later Southern Tang) to the east, and the Five Dynasties to the north.

The Song Dynasty reunified China in 982 and placed most of Hubei into Jinghubei Circuit, a longer version of Hubei's current name. Mongols conquered China fully in 1279, and under their rule the province of Huguang was established, covering Hubei, Hunan, and parts of Guangdong and Guangxi. During the Mongol rule, in 1334, Hubei was devastated by the world's first recorded outbreak of the Black Death, which spread during the following three centuries to decimate populations throughout Eurasia. (Citation needed, as most authorities say Central Asia, some say India, and at least one says Africa).

A family's ancestral hall, Yangxin County

The Ming Dynasty drove out the Mongols in 1368, and their version of Huguang province was smaller, and corresponded almost entirely to the modern provinces of Hubei and Hunan combined. The Manchu Qing Dynasty which had conquered China in 1644 split Huguang into the modern provinces of Hubei and Hunan in 1664. The Qing Dynasty continued to maintain a viceroy of Huguang, however; one of the most famous was Zhang Zhidong, whose modernizing reforms made Hubei (especially Wuhan) into a prosperous center of commerce and industry. The Huangshi/Daye area, south-east of Wuhan, became an important center of mining and metallurgy.

In 1911 the Wuchang Uprising took place in modern-day Wuhan, overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and establishing the Republic of China. In 1927 Wuhan became the seat of a government established by left-wing elements of the Kuomintang, led by Wang Jingwei; this government was later merged into Chiang Kai-shek's government in Nanjing. During World War II the eastern parts of Hubei were conquered and occupied by Japan while the western parts remained under Chinese control.

A monument with Mao's dedication to the people of Wuhan overcoming the Flood of 1954

During the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s, Wuhan saw fighting between rival Red Guard factions.

As the fears of a nuclear war increased during the time of Sino-Soviet border conflicts in the late 1969s, the Xianning prefecture of Hubei was chosen as the site of Project 131, an underground military command headquarters.

The province - and Wuhan in particular - suffered severely from the 1954 Yangtze River Floods. Large scale dam construction followed, with the Gezhouba Dam on the Yangtze River near Yichang started in 1970 and completed in 1988; the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, further upstream, began in 1993. In the following years, authorities resettled millions of people from western Hubei to make way for the construction of the dam. A number of smaller dams have been constructed on the Yangtze's tributaries as well.

Geography

The Jianghan Plain takes up most of central and eastern Hubei, while the west and the peripheries are more mountainous, with ranges such as the Wudang Mountains, the Jingshan Mountains, the Daba Mountains, and the Wushan Mountains (in rough north-to-south order). The Dabie Mountains lie to the northeast, on the border with Henan and Anhui; the Tongbai Mountains lie to the north on the border with Henan; to the southeast the Mufu Mountains form the border with Jiangxi. The eastern half of the Three Gorges (Xiling Gorge and part of Wu Gorge) lies in western Hubei; the other half is in neighbouring Chongqing. The highest peak in Hubei is Shennong Peak, found in the Daba Mountains and in the forestry area of Shennongjia; it has an altitude of 3105 m.

Boats on the Yangtze River, upstream from the Three Gorges

The Yangtze River enters Hubei from the west via the Three Gorges; the Hanshui and Shen Nong Stream enter from the north. Shen Nong Stream is a tributary of the Yangtze River which has also been degraded by the Three Gorges Dam project. The Yangtze and Hanshui rivers meet at Wuhan, the provincial capital. Thousands of lakes dot the landscape, giving Hubei the name of: "Province of Lakes"; the largest of these lakes are Lake Liangzi and Lake Honghu. The Danjiangkou Reservoir lies on the border between Hubei and Henan.

Hubei has a subtropical climate with distinct seasons. Hubei has average temperatures of 1 - 6 °C in winter and of 24 - 30 °C in summer; punishing temperatures of 40 °C or above are famously associated with Wuhan, the provincial capital.

Important cities are Wuhan, Jingmen, Shiyan and Shashi.

Administrative divisions

Fishermen on the Fushui River, Yangxin County

Hubei is divided into thirteen prefecture-level divisions (of which there are twelve prefecture-level cities and one autonomous prefecture), as well as three directly administered county-level cities and one directly administered county-level forestry area.

The sub-province-level city:

The prefecture-level cities:

The autonomous prefecture:

The three directly administered county-level cities are more accurately described as sub-prefecture-level cities:

The county-level forestry area:

The thirteen prefecture-level divisions and four directly administered county-level divisions of Hubei are subdivided into 102 county-level divisions (38 districts, 24 county-level cities, 37 counties, two autonomous counties, one forestry area; the directly administered county-level divisions are included here). Those are in turn divided into 1234 township-level divisions (737 towns, 215 townships, nine ethnic townships, and 273 subdistricts).

See List of administrative divisions of Hubei for a complete list of county-level divisions.

Politics

Hubei Provincial offices of the Ministry of State Security and Ministry of Public Security

Secretaries of the CPC Hubei Committee:

  1. Li Xiannian (李先念): 1949-1954
  2. Wang Renzhong (王任重): 1954-1966
  3. Zhang Tixue (张体学): 1966-1967
  4. Zeng Siyu (曾思玉): 1970-1973
  5. Zhao Xinchu (赵辛初): 1973-1978
  6. Chen Pixian (陈丕显): 1978-1982
  7. Guan Guangfu (关广富): 1983-1994
  8. Jia Zhijie (贾志杰): 1994-2001
  9. Jiang Zhusheng (蒋祝平): 2001
  10. Yu Zhengsheng (俞正声): 2001-2007
  11. Luo Qingquan (罗清泉): 2007

Governors of Hubei:

  1. Li Xiannian (李先念): 1949-1954
  2. Liu Zihou (刘子厚): 1954-1956
  3. Zhang Tixue (张体学): 1956-1967
  4. Zeng Siyu (曾思玉): 1968-1973
  5. Zhao Xinchu (赵辛初): 1973-1978
  6. Chen Pixian (陈丕显): 1978-1980
  7. Han Ningfu (韩宁夫): 1980-1982
  8. Huang Zhizhen (黄知真): 1982-1986
  9. Guo Zhenqian (郭振乾): 1986-1990
  10. Guo Shuyan (郭树言): 1990-1993
  11. Jia Zhijie (贾志杰): 1993-1995
  12. Jia Zhuping (蒋祝平): 1995-2001
  13. Zhang Guoguang (张国光): 2001-2002
  14. Luo Qingquan (罗清泉): 2002-2007
  15. Li Hongzhong (李鸿忠): 2007-incumbent (acting)

Economy

Rice fields in Tongshan County

Hubei is often called the "Land of Fish and Rice" (鱼米之乡). Important agricultural products in Hubei include cotton, rice, wheat, and tea, while industries include automobiles, metallurgy, machinery, power generation, textiles, foodstuffs and high-tech commodities.

Mineral resources that can be found in Hubei in significant quantities include borax, hongshiite, wollastonite, garnet, marlstone, iron, phosphorus, copper, gypsum, rutile, rock salt, gold amalgam, manganese and vanadium. The province's recoverable reserves of coal stand at 548 million tons, which is modest compared to other Chinese provinces. Hubei is also well known for its mines of fine turquoise and green faustite.

Once completed, the Three Gorges Dam in western Hubei will provide plentiful hydroelectricity, with an estimated annual power production of 84,700 Gwh. Existing hydroelectric stations include Gezhouba, Danjiangkou, Geheyan, Hanjiang, Duhe, Huanglongtan, Bailianhe, Lushui and Fushui.

Hubei's economy ranks 12th in the country and its nominal GDP for 2007 was 915 billion yuan (120 billion USD) and a per capita of 14,733 RMB (1,938 USD).

Demographics

Han Chinese form the dominant ethnic group in Hubei. A considerable Miao and Tujia population live in the southwestern part of the province, especially in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.

Culture

Hubei Museum of Art

People in Hubei speak Mandarin dialects; most of these dialects are classified as Southwestern Mandarin dialects, a group that also encompasses the Mandarin dialects of most of southwestern China.

Perhaps the most celebrated element of Hubei cuisine is the Wuchang fish, a freshwater bream that is commonly steamed.

Types of traditional Chinese opera popular in Hubei include Hanju and Chuju.

The Shennongjia area is the alleged home of the Yeren, a wild undiscovered hominid that lives in the forested hills.

The people of Hubei are given the uncomplimentary nickname "Nine Headed Birds" by other Chinese, from a mythological creature said to be very aggressive and hard to kill. "In the sky live nine-headed birds. On the earth live wise Hubei people."

Wuhan is one of the major culture centers in China.

Education

The premier Wuhan University (founded in 1893) and many other institutions in Wuhan makes it a hub of higher education and research in China.

Universities

Transportation

Boats on the Yangtze River in Wuhan

Hubei plays an important role in China's transportation industry. Situated on the Yangtze and Hanshui Rivers, which are important waterways, Hubei also enjoys the convenience of railways linking Beijing to Guangzhou, Beijing to Kowloon, Shanghai to Wuhan, Wuhan to Chengdu, and Zhicheng to Liuzhou, and of the airports in Wuhan, Yichang, Sanxia, Xiangfan and Shashi. National and provincial highways also contribute to Hubei's economic development.

Tourism

Hubei is home to the ancient state of Chu, a local state during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty that developed its own unique culture. Chu culture mixed with other influences, ancient and modern, endows Hubei richly with tourist resources. Famous attractions include:

In 1994, the ancient building complex of the Wudang Mountains was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Sport

Professional sports teams in Hubei include:

Twinning

In 2005, Hubei province signed a twinning agreement with Telemark county of Norway. A "Norway-Hubei Week" was held in 2007.[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Origin of the Names of China's Provinces, People's Daily Online.
  2. ^ www.norway-hubei.net

External links

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