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Guangzhou is
situated at the heart of the most-populous built-up metropolitan area in
mainland China, an area that extends into the neighbouring cities of Foshan,
Dongguan, and Shenzhen, forming one of the largest urban agglomerations on the
planet. Administratively, the city holds sub-provincial status; and is one of
China's five National Central Cities. In 2015 the city's administrative area
was estimated to have a population of 13,501,100. Guangzhou is ranked as an
Alpha- Global city.
In recent years,
there has been a rapidly increasing number of foreign residents and immigrants
from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and especially from
Africa. This has led to it being dubbed the "Capital of the Third
World". The migrant population from other provinces of China in Guangzhou
was 40 percent of the city's total population in 2008. Together with Shanghai,
Beijing and Shenzhen, Guangzhou has one of the most expensive real estate
markets in China.
Guangzhou has a
comparatively recent history of two centuries related to its importance for
foreign trade. Long the only Chinese port accessible to foreign traders, the
city fell to the British during the First Opium War. No longer enjoying a
monopoly after the war, it lost trade to other ports such as Hong Kong (which
is close by) and Shanghai, but continued to serve as a major entrepôt. In
modern commerce, Guangzhou is best known for its annual Canton Fair, the oldest
and largest trade fair in China. For the three consecutive years 2013–2015,
Forbes ranked Guangzhou as the best commercial city on the Chinese mainland.
This post is part of the Our World Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Ruby Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme.
This post is part of the Our World Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Ruby Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme.
