California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is the most populous U.S. state, home to one out of eight Americans, and is the third largest state by area. Wikipedia

Gaocheng is a county-level city under the administration of Shijiazhuang in southwestern Hebei province, People's Republic of China, on the upper reaches of the Hutuo River. The city has a total area of 836 square kilometres and in 2010 had a population of 743,000. Wikipedia