Alarcón envisioned creating a way station between the interior provinces and the missions of Texas.

Saavedra got the support of deputies sent by the interior provinces that had not yet been allowed to join the Junta.

Others are starting to find work in larger cities in interior provinces.

Its original members all came from the interior province of Sichuan.

The reaction of the interior provinces was surprisingly slow but inevitable.

It is a crucial economic highway for the development of interior provinces.

Money was continually tight in the province, with little coming from the interior provinces.

Indeed, there is some evidence that coastal regions are sucking resources out of interior provinces, helping to slow their growth.

Development in the coastal areas has created great demands for raw materials from the interior provinces.

And officials from interior provinces resent being left behind in the race for foreign investment, technological advancement and consumer benefits.