Guangzhou, also known as Canton (/kænˈtɒn/; and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow), is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China.
Guangdong (UK: /ɡwæŋˈdʊŋ/, US: /ɡwɑːŋ-/), formerly romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province located in South China, on the north shore of the South China Sea. The provincial capital is Guangzhou.
The city, was formerley known as Canton, it is the leading industrial and commercial center of southern China. Guangzhou has a population of more than 12 million people in its metropolitan area.
Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (PRC) entitled to a high degree of autonomy pursuant to the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China. Hong Kong's status as a special administrative region stems from its history as a former British colony.
Cantonese language, variety of Chinese spoken by more than 55 million people in Guangdong and southern Guangxi provinces of China, including the important cities of Canton, Hong Kong, and Macau. Throughout the world it is spoken by some 20 million more.
Canton, the postal romanisation name for Guangzhou, originated from Cantão, the name coined by the Portuguese, who had conflated the city of Guangzhou with Guangdong, the province in which it is located.
The Imperial Japanese Army launched intense air raids on civilian targets during the Second Sino-Japanese War and this film records the devastating results of their assault on Canton (Guangzhou) in October 1938.
Although foreign observers had predicted an easy victory for the more massive Chinese forces, the Japanese had done a more successful job of modernizing, and they were better equipped and prepared. Japanese troops scored quick and overwhelming victories on both land and sea.
In September 1945, China's long and bloody war with Japan finally came to an end - millions had died and thousands of foreigners were held in internment camps.
The independent hamlet of Canton was incorporated as a district of the City of Cardiff by charter in 1875. Included in Canton was Pwll-coch, which had previously been considered part of Ely.
No one is quite sure how the name Cantão or Canton actually came about, but it is believed to be a European phonetic mispronunciation of Guangzhou or Guangdong. The name Guangzhou was officially adopted by the city in 1918. So the city was never officially named Canton at all!
Guangzhou (which Europeans called Canton), an ancient city and one of the largest in South China, had flourished as an administrative and trading center for over 1000 years before the Westerners arrived. Arab and Persian traders had lived in its foreign quarters under the Tang dynasty since the 8th century.
Most people will agree that Mandarin is slightly easier to learn than Cantonese. Cantonese has four more tones than Chinese, and then traditional characters tend to be more common in Cantonese than in Mandarin.
Cantonese (traditional Chinese: 廣東話; simplified Chinese: 广东话; Jyutping: Gwong2 dung1 waa2; Cantonese Yale: Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta.
On December 19, 1984, after years of negotiations, British and Chinese leaders signed a formal pact approving the 1997 turnover of the colony in exchange for the formulation of a “one country, two systems” policy by China's communist government.
British Empire could not colonize China because of following reasons. China was too big, and populous. British Empire did not have enough power and troops to conquer a nation of 300–400 million people.
Hong Kong is a special administrative region (SAR) of China and is thus granted a high degree of de jure autonomy, as stipulated by Article 2 of the Hong Kong Basic Law ratified under the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
