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Description: Guangzhou is the capital and the sub-provincial city of Guangdong Province in the southern part of the People's ... more

Guangzhou ... Republic of China. The city is also known by an older English-language name, Canton. It is a port on the Pearl River, navigable to the South China Sea, and is located about 120km north-west of Hong Kong. As of the 2000 census, the city has a population of 6 million, and a metropolitan population of 12.6 million, making it the most populous city in the province and the third most populous metropolitan area in China.

Newest Review: ... of broad-minded absortion lead to not only blossoming elements for its colorful development,it also brings us along with fussy chaos--- too much of different habbits,views,ideas--they forms as strong conflict to the old ideology of a typical Cantonese family, or even to the society. Well, for this point, I should say sorry for not being able to go any further due to my lack of time at this ... more

... moment. All in all, Guangzhou is where I was born, grown along with its continuous development on various fields, involved in its all-the-way round broad-mindedness to foreign cultures. by Jessica L....more

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Guangzhou's Re-producing of Various Culture (257 words)
by - written on 25/10/05 (Useful, 214 readings)
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After business trips to most cities in maninland China, I finally come to one conclusion that Guangzhou is really a broad-minded city with various cultural mix-up. You could experience different styles of Bars, dopped into restaurant with different culinery specialties from all over the world. We could find big potatoes and general citizens taking the same bus, the same metro and there appeares no difference, if judging by their clothing. Thus from this angle, we feel equality , at least in appearance. Besides the above-mentioned superfitial phenomina, we could feel the strong and unconscious broad-minedness to various cultures and personality, ... Read the complete review

Guangzhou, a wholesale shoppers' paradise! (594 words)
by - written on 20/09/05 (Very useful, 2293 readings)
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Guangzhou is located north of Macau. You can enter China through Macau. The immigration Department is not as stressful as in Hong Kong. it is less crowded and short easy walking distance before you reach other means of transportation once you exit the terminal. After exiting the terminal, you can easily get on the bus to Guangzhou. it costs around $70 Yuan which is around US$9. it takes around 3 hours to arrive to Guangzhou. Please make sure which part of Guangzhou you want to go before boarding the bus. Guangzhou is a very big city, and there are different drop-off points for buses. The bus is comfortable. it has air-condition and a free bottle of ... Read the complete review

Guangzhou: The Opium Den (1077 words)
by - written on 06/10/00 (Very useful, 577 readings)
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Unquestionably the nicest thing about Guangzhou is leaving it. Having travelled through China from Beijing, I'd seen so much amazingly beautiful and impressive scenery, and been through so many friendly and interesting cities, that Guangzhou couldn't help but disappoint. And disappoint it did. Normally, I wouldn't feel that just a few hours of wandering round a city would be enough to do it justice, however, I'm pretty confident that I saw enough to garner a reasonable impression of Guangzhou. The city is probably more familiar to most by its colonial name, Canton, and it is from this that the people of the Guangdong province take their ... Read the complete review

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