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All date from February 8-9, 2003.

Guangzhou Gallery Sections

[ Pearl River Night Cruise ] [ City Views ] [ Old Guangzhou ] [ Shangxia Jiu Road ] [ Tianhe District ] [ Shamian ] [ Subway ]

Tianhe District

Located in the eastern outskirts of Guangzhou, Tianhe District is the city's new downtown. Covering an area of 147.7 square kilometres with about half a million residents, Tianhe is home to Guangzhou's newest skyscrapers.

Above : Metro Plaza

Shamian

More than a century ago, the mandarins of Guangzhou designated a 44-acre sandbank as an enclave for foreign merchants to protect them from local resentment -- at times murderous -- after the Opium Wars. Tading companies from Britain, the United States, France, Holland, Italy, Germany, Portugal, and Japan soon built stone mansions along the waterfront. The neighborhood thrived until the 1949 Revolution, when its buildings were turned into government housing and factories. Today many colonial buildings have been restored, and highlights among them include the old British consulate (now the Foreign Affairs Office of Guangdong province), the former U.S. consulate (now a restaurant), the stately, colonnaded Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, the Banque de l'Indochine and the offices of Butterfield & Swire, and the stuffy old Shamian Club, now the International Club Karaoke Lounge. (Source: Fodors)

White Swan Hotel Lobby ( Official Website )
Located on the Pearl River waterfront in Shamian district, this hotel is a well-known 5-star establishment in Guangzhou. Since it opened in February 1983, it has received over 30 visiting heads of state, including Queen Elizabeth II.

Guangzhou Subway

( Official Website )
The subway system currently comprises of 2 lines, one having just opened in early 2003. Extensions are currently under construction to Panyu in the south. New stations are fully equipped with platform screen doors.

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Tianhe District
Located in the eastern outskirts of Guangzhou, Tianhe District is the city's new downtown. Covering an area of 147.7 square kilometres with about half a million residents, Tianhe is home to Guangzhou's newest skyscrapers.



	*Above : Metro Plaza*
Shamian
More than a century ago, the mandarins of Guangzhou designated a 44-acre sandbank as an enclave for foreign merchants to protect them from local resentment -- at times murderous -- after the Opium Wars. Tading companies from Britain, the United States, France, Holland, Italy, Germany, Portugal, and Japan soon built stone mansions along the waterfront. The neighborhood thrived until the 1949 Revolution, when its buildings were turned into government housing and factories. Today many colonial buildings have been restored, and highlights among them include the old British consulate (now the Foreign Affairs Office of Guangdong province), the former U.S. consulate (now a restaurant), the stately, colonnaded Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, the Banque de l'Indochine and the offices of Butterfield & Swire, and the stuffy old Shamian Club, now the International Club Karaoke Lounge. (Source: Fodors)








White Swan Hotel Lobby ( Official Website ) Located on the Pearl River waterfront in Shamian district, this hotel is a well-known 5-star establishment in Guangzhou. Since it opened in February 1983, it has received over 30 visiting heads of state, including Queen Elizabeth II.

Guangzhou Subway
( Official Website ) The subway system currently comprises of 2 lines, one having just opened in early 2003. Extensions are currently under construction to Panyu in the south. New stations are fully equipped with platform screen doors.