The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With 8,472 square miles (21,940 km2) and a population of more than 2.2 million people, it is the second-largest metropolitan area centered in Missouri (after Greater St. Louis) and is the largest metropolitan area in Kansas, though Wichita is the largest metropolitan area centered in Kansas. Alongside Kansas City, Missouri, these are the suburbs with populations above 100,000: Overland Park, Kansas; Kansas City, Kansas; Olathe, Kansas; Independence, Missouri; and Lee's Summit, Missouri.
Liaoyang, known as Xiangping and Liaodong City in ancient times, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Liaoning Province, a modern industrial city dominated by petrochemical industry, and one of the central cities in the central and southern part of Liaoning Province. Located in the middle of Liaoning Province, it is the deputy central city of Shenyang Economic Zone, an emerging modern petrochemical and textile industry base and an excellent tourist city in China. Liaoyang, the earliest city in Northeast China, is an ancient cultural city with a history of more than 2400 years. From the 3rd century BC to the early 17th century, it has been the political, economic, cultural center, transportation hub and military town of Northeast China. ...