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- Guangdong province
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- population
history
- anarchist movement
- cohong merchants
- In cohong
- Opium Wars
- Sun Yat-sen
Additional Reading
General references include Fredric Kaplan, Julian Sobin, and Arne De Keijzer, The China Guidebook, 13th ed. (1993); Frances Wood, China (2001), a Blue Guide; and Damian Harper et al., China (2007), a Lonely Planet guide. More-detailed information is contained in Stephen Fallon, Hong Kong, Macau & Guangzhou, 10th ed. (2002); China Travel and Tourism Press, Guangzhou (1983); and Patrick R. Booz et al., A Guide to Guangzhou China (1989). Discussions of geography are included in T.R. Tregear, A Geography of China (1965, reprinted 2008), and China, a Geographical Survey (1980). Historical references may be found in W.C. Hunter, The “Fan Kwae” at Canton Before Treaty Days, 1825–1844 (1882, reprinted 1970); Leang-Li T’ang, The Inner History of the Chinese Revolution (1930, reprinted 1977); and Immanuel C.Y. Hsü, The Rise of Modern China, 6th ed. (2000). S. Bernard Thomas, “Proletarian Hegemony” in the Chinese Revolution and the Canton Commune of 1927 (1975), examines the impact of the commune’s failure; and Stanley Rosen, Red Guard Factionalism and the Cultural Revolution in Guangzhou (Canton) (1982), analyzes the Red Guard movement in the city. Ezra F. Vogel, Canton Under Communism (1969, reprinted 1980), is a study of the changes in the 1950s and 1960s. Cantonese language, culture, and food are discussed in Leo J. Moser, The Chinese Mosaic: The Peoples and Provinces of China (1985).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Invalidated site: Guangzhou Foreign Affairs Office - Guangzhou, place for travel, business, and living. | Sep 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Guangzhou Foreign Affairs Office - Guangzhou, place for travel, business, and living. | Aug 18, 2023 | ||
| Map added. | Apr 19, 2023 | ||
| Removed media. | Aug 16, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Guangzhou city, China. | Nov 15, 2021 | ||
| Top Questions updated. | May 07, 2021 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Sep 28, 2017 | ||
| In City layout section, updated discussion of the CTF Finance Centre. | Sep 28, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 01, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: ChinaCulture.org - Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. | Mar 28, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Travel China Guide.com - Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. | Mar 28, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Hysterectomy. | Jun 20, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Hysterectomy. | Jun 20, 2012 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 02, 2012 | ||
| Photographs of Sun Yat-sen statue and of Canton Tower added. | May 02, 2012 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Mar 04, 2009 | ||
| History discussion thoroughly revised and updated; photographs added. | Mar 04, 2009 | ||
| Geography discussion thoroughly revised and updated; photographs added. | Mar 04, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Geography of Guangzhou (Canton). | Jul 07, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 16, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Guangzhou International - The Official Site of Guangzhou Municipality. | Oct 18, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | May 17, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |