{"id":2095,"date":"2026-05-09T07:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T07:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/99chinatravel.com\/?p=2095"},"modified":"2026-05-09T07:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T07:00:11","slug":"inside-chinas-bizarre-mega-city-built-by-russians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/99chinatravel.com\/?p=2095","title":{"rendered":"Inside China&#8217;s Bizarre Mega-City Built by Russians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/synSlBs6EG8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We are traveling to Harbin, the most Russian city in China. Harbin is vastly different to other cities in China. It was built by the Russia, in a typical Russian style, as part of the China Eastern Railway (a subsection of the Trans Siberian Railway). And, until recent years, many of its residents were actually ethnic Russians, however, we are firmly inside the borders of China. Bizarre, right? 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