Talk:Qinghai

How can Xining population be 5.6 millions and Qinghai total population 5.29 millions?

I was wondering the same thing. Is it because they are "squeezed between a long valley"? Walkerma 16:29, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

Maybe Xining has such a big area that it spills into neighboring Gansu province, so that there's urban area that's part of Xining, but not in Qinghai. Either that or there's a serious typo. I searched Xining population in Google and this link provides a more credible figure of 700,000: http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/qinghai/xining/. I assume the figure of 1.1 million would not be for Xining city itself but for the county Xining is in, as 7,671 sq km is a huge area for a city of less than a million. I assume the urban figure would be Xining's population plus any other developments in the county that are considered urban. I could find something more official, but I'll leave that for someone else. 03:38, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

My (old) lonely planet offers the figure of 1.1 million. The theory about the city 'spilling' into Gansu doesn't make sense; it is a) too far and b) Lanzhou is a big city on its own accord. I will change the figure to 1.1 million because leaving the figure as it is is pretty rediculous 58.67.16.99 13:11, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Tourism

I find the text in that section largely inappropriate for an encyclopedia. It reads like it was copied straight out of a tour book. Please, change or cut down in length. Awolf002 11:00, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

External links

The link to the provincial government was down and I could not find a replacement so I removed it from the page and have place it here.

• The Provincial Government of Qinghai

leatherbear 17:03, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

pre-1724

My impression was that Qinghai was controlled by Khoshuud (and maybe some Zuungar) Mongols, not Tibetans, immediatly before 1724. Any takers? Yaan (talk) 09:50, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Culture Section

I think that the claim made that Qinghai was "vital" to the European Reformation and Renaissance (allegedly by transporting compasses and printing presses on the Silk Road) is dubious at best. As far as I am aware, Gutenberg independently invented the printing press. That, and the Silk Road (which was largely a shadow of its former self in the 16th century) mostly ran through Gansu and Ningxia, not Qinghai (which anyway was a part of Tibet at the time). I recommend to have this sentence deleted, unless some credible sources can be cited. This line sounds like either original research, or propaganda from a local department of tourism. Konchevnik81 (talk) 19:28, 31 July 2008 (UTC) √—in the 10 th century period of the northern song dynasty ，government opened up the“qinghai way“to steer clear of western xia territory, which then become a new trade route. Tianshui ，Xining ，V initiate city ，and the middle piece of sol garage basin were all on the silk road. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Standing72 (talk • contribs) 06:17, 11 October 2011 (UTC)