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+# Province article scraping
+
+A couple of scripts to scrape article text from various provinces for
+a text analysis university course.
+
+We need:
+
+Qinghai
+: page 14-75
+
+Ningxia
+: page 11-42
+
+Shanxi
+: page 2-18
+
+Xinjiang
+: page 10-20
+
+The websites all have subtle differences, so there's simply a folder +
+scripts for each (the scripts are simple enough that there's no need
+for deduplication or anything complex). Written in python/js where
+necessary for educational purposes.