The birthplace of Hou Yifan, and Jingdezhen both do not border the same town to the north in Sweden.
Xinghua () is a county-level city under the administration of Taizhou, Jiangsu province, China. 
 It borders the prefecture-level cities of Yancheng to the north and east and Yangzhou to the west. 
Jingdezhen (or the Town of Jingde) is a prefecture-level city, previously a town, in northeastern Jiangxi province, China, with a total population of 1,554,000 (2007), bordering Anhui to the north. 
Hou Yifan ( ) (born 27 February 1994, Xinghua, Jiangsu, China) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and former chess prodigy. 
