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Guangdong in Southern China is the Chinese province with the longest coast line. It faces the South China Sea and is located in the southern part of China mainland, characterized nowadays by rapid industrialisation especially in the tropically fertile Pearl River Delta (the confluence of the Xijiang, Beijiang and Dongjiang), one of China's most densely cultivated areas in the triangle between Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong's capital Guangzhou. |
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Guangzhou| Guangzhou, known in the West as Canton, is the capital city of the huge province of Guangdong. Guangdong and its residents are regarded with a mixture of suspicion and fascination by their northern counterparts. This intrigue is partly due to Guangdong's fame as a dirty, noisy and dangerous city. Although the area has a fairly buoyant economy, the crime rate here is high and there are multitudes of migrant workers from out of town who hang about Guangzhou on the look out for money. Guangdong people are also famously aggressive and noisy. Many visitors to the city however, find this kind of enthusiasm refreshing and passionate as opposed to threatening and it is this attitude which laid the foundations for the revolutionary beliefs that the city has harbored in the past. Indeed, the revolutionary sights are among the more interesting aspects of Guangdong and the Communist Party Academy is a fascinating insight into the foundations of the PRC's political party....... |
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| Shenzhen| The area is actually divided into three parts, the Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Shenzhen City and Shenzhen County. Virtually all the action is situated around the SEZ which is the business and financial heart of the city and the reason why most visitors come to Shenzhen. Although there can be no doubt that the SEZ is a huge financial and commercial success it is not a particularly charming or pleasant city. Businessmen and delegates from all over China regularly visit Shenzhen to see this economic success in action. The general feeling however, is that the city lacks something in other areas. The absence of history and culture here make Shenzhen seem almost desolate and the abundant wealth and investment do not compensate for the lack of soul and the drab atmosphere in the city. ...... |
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| Zhuhai| Zhuhai has no special place in history: It was nothing more than a small agricultural town under changing administration. Things changed in 1979 with Deng Xiaoping's economic policies and the economic boom began: In the following year, approved by the fifth People's Congress, Zhuhai, along with other three cities (Xiamen, Shenzhen and Shantou) was established as a Special Economic Zone (SEZ). ...... |
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