首府: capital city of an autonomous region...
茂密: dense (of plant growth), lush...
传言: rumor, hearsay...
症结: hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine), crux of an issue, main point in an argument, sticking point, deadlock in negotiations...
损人利己: harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detriment of others...
追溯: to go upstream, to trace sth back to, to date from...
演艺圈: show business...
北方: north, the northern part a country, China north of the Yellow River...
电灯: electric light...
军事: military affairs, military matters, military...
