Zaoyang
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Zaoyang (simplified Chinese: 枣阳; traditional Chinese: 棗陽; pinyin: Zǎoyáng) is a county-level city administered by Xiangfan in Hubei Province, People's Republic of China.
Zaoyang is the site of two major battles in the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang and the Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang.
Zhaoyang is the birthplace of Nie Haisheng, the Commander of China's Shenzhou 6 manned spacecraft.
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