Shuibu () is a town of

Taishan __NOTOC__ Taishan may refer to: *Mount Tai Mount Tai () is a mountain of historical and cultural significance located north of the city of Tai'an. It is the highest point in Shandong province, China. The tallest peak is the ''Jade Emperor Peak ...

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

province,

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, near

Kaiping Kaiping (), postal map romanization, alternately romanization of Chinese, romanized in Cantonese as Hoiping, in local dialect as Hoihen, is a county-level city in Guangdong provinces of China, Province, China. It is located in the western secti ...

. , It has one residential community () and 20 villages under its administration.

Gary Locke Gary Faye Locke (born January 21, 1950) is an American politician, attorney, and former diplomat from the State of Washington. Locke served as the 21st governor of Washington from 1997 to 2005, where he was the first Chinese-American governor ...

, the

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and the former Governor of the US

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, visited the town in 1997, to visit his ancestral home of Kut Lung or Lilong (吉龍/吉龙).''New York Times'' "Chinese Village Swells With Pride As Washington Governor Seeks His Roots On a Pilgrimage", October 13, 1997
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Taishan, Guangdong Towns in Guangdong {{Guangdong-geo-stub

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