Detailed Instructions: In this task, you're given passages that contain mentions of places and we are supposed to find the answer to a given question. Craft one correct answer to the question given in input. Make sure your correct answer is consistent with the context, and properly gives the exact location where the query was performed.
 In your answer, use as few words as possible from the given context. To be less repetitive, please vary your language for each question.
Q: Sentence: Both the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange suspended trading of companies based in southwestern China. Copper rose over speculations that production in southwestern China may be affected, and oil prices dropped over speculations that demand from China would fall. 
Question: Where were the exchanges based?
A:
southwestern China