Solution to Suns of China

Each bolded phrase represents a city in China, with each character translated literally.

crow sea 乌海 Wuhai, Inner Mongolia	treasured chicken 宝鸡 Baoji, Shaanxi
crow sea 乌海 Wuhai, Inner Mongolia	northern capital 北京 Beijing	business mound 商丘 Shangqiu, Henan
celebration sun 庆阳 Qingyang, Gansu	crane wall 鹤壁 Hebi, Henan
treasured chicken 宝鸡 Baoji, Shaanxi	business mound 商丘 Shangqiu, Henan
west peacefully 西安 Xi’an, Shaanxi	morality sun 德阳 Deyang, Sichuan
Han center 汉中 Hanzhong, Shaanxi	southern capital 南京 Nanjing, Jiangsu
repeated celebration 重庆 Chongqing	nine rivers 九江 Jiujiang, Jiangxi
southern sun 南阳 Nanyang, Henan	measuring sun 衡阳 Hengyang, Hunan
expensive sun 贵阳 Guiyang, Guizhou	southern flatness 南平 Nanping, Fujian

Locate these cities on a map and connect cities in the same line in the order that they appear. This results in the character 星, meaning STAR.