Guangzhou is another city in China that is experiencing rapid growth and development. It is a city which is rich in history and is known to the west by teh infamous Opium War. It has preserved its own kind of architecture, mostly shop-houses. At the same time, there are still a lot of colonial buildings (mostly built by the British) remaining in the center of the city.

These are the pictures from last year. I am sure it is a lot of different now!

Info below is from http://www.wikipedia.org/

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

The Peral River

Lie shi ling yuan (A memorial for soldiers)


A place that chairman Mao had meetings about establishing the communist party

Chenjiaci Chen Family Confucian Academy (Ancestral Hall)

The streets of Guangzhou, with all the shop-houses and always filled with people

Picture of a traditional Guangzhou house