1.   But in a shrinking world, there is no place that is not reachable even by inland cities like Columbus.

2.   He has also held rallies in inland cities like Stockton, Fresno, Bakersfield and Riverside, which are more conservative than cities closer to the Pacific.

3.   The economic masters in Beijing have deemed that such inland cities share the wealth that the booming coastal areas like Shanghai and Guangdong province have long been enjoying.

4.   The seagulls, whose numbers are booming in inland cities, started by scavenging the dead birds, Mesure says.

5.   A group of legislators has proposed that the government choose an inland city for the same special treatment, the official newspaper China Business Times reported Tuesday.

6.   During Floyd, people fled their coastal homes to Greenville, Rocky Mount, Wilson and other inland cities, only to face floodwaters there.

7.   Provinces and inland cities have struggled to catch up.

8.   Starwood also plans to expand in Chinese inland cities with six new Westin hotels.

9.   The ruling Nationalist government, badly beaten by invading Japanese, had retreated from its capital in Nanjing to this inland city.

10.   China plans to allow foreign banks to open branches in nine inland cities under a banking reform programme, it was reported Wednesday.