Guǎngzhōu Sights

  1. Shamian Island

    For an instant immersion into Guǎngzhōu's colonial history, head for the leafy oasis of Shamian Island, which was acquired as a foreign concession in 1859 after the two Opium Wars. Shamian ('Sand Surface Island') was little more than a sandbank when early foreign inhabitants - mainly British and French - were granted permission to set up their warehouses here.

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