Citations:Guangzhou

English citations of Guangzhou

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

• [1693, Robert Morden, “Of China”, in Geography Rectified; or a Description of the World‎^[1], 3rd edition, →OCLC, pages 441–442:

  The Province of Quantung lies along upon the Sea-ſhore, having many convenient Havens and Harbors ; it contains ten Counties, and eighty great and ſmall Cities. Quancheu, or Canton by the Portugals, is the Metropolis and chief of the Province ; exceedingly beautified with Pagodes, Palaces, ſtately Structures, and Triumphal Arches ; fortified with ſtrong Walls, Towers, Bulwarks and Redoubts, defended by five Caſtles.]

• [1738, “PROVINCE XII. QUANG-TONG.”, in A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet‎^[2], volume I, London, translation of original by J. B. du Halde, →OCLC, page 114:

  The Firſt City, Quang-chew-fu, Capital of the Province.
  THE City which the Chineſe name Quang-chew, is the ſame which Europeans call Kan-ton (A). It is one of the moſt populous and opulent in China ; and perhaps deſerves the firſt Place in this reſpect, ſince to the Trade of the neighbouring Nations it hath added that of Europe.]

• 1966, marc riboud, the three banners of china‎^[3], new york: macmillan company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 129, column 2:

  北京—特快—广州
  BEIJING TEKUAI GUANGZHOU

  129. 1,440 miles separate Peking (Beijin^{[sic – meaning Beijing]}) from Canton (Guangzhou). Beijing and Guangzhou are the romanized Chinese phonetic transcriptions of the characters. It takes fourty-six hours for the express (Tekuai) to link the two cities. Staff sell travelers tea bags and regularly top up glasses and cups with hot water. The trains are slow but punctual, and very clean.

• 1970, R. F. Price, “The full-time schools”, in Brian Holmes, editor, Education in Communist China (World education series)‎^[4], New York, Washington: Praeger Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 114:

  Basil Davidson (1953) was given some figures for Guangzhou (Canton) schools which showed a reduction by one-fifth in fees compared with pre-1949, to a figure which was equivalent to about 7 English shillings at that time.

• 1975, Janet Goldwasser, Stuart Dowty, “Of Chivas Regal and Mao Tse-tung”, in Huan-Ying: Worker's China‎^[5], New York: Monthly Review Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 15:

  The Chinese side of the border, Shumchun, is a long building—a combination reception house, customs office, and dining facility. We were guided down corridors, past dining rooms crowded with businessmen noisily enjoying lunch before the train for Guangzhou pulled out.

• 2013, Al Gore, “Outgrowth”, in The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change‎^[6], New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 163–164:

  As a result, decisions to clean up the environment are routinely—and inaccurately—described as hurtful to prosperity. For example, in Guangzhou, China, the vice director of the city’s planning agency felt forced to defend a decision to limit automobile traffic as a means of reducing dangerous levels of air pollution by saying, “Of course from the government’s point of view, we give up some growth, but to achieve better health for all citizens, it’s worth it.”

• [2016, Bill Porter, “Starting Out [出發]”, in The Silk Road: Taking the Bus to Pakistan‎^[7], Counterpoint, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 7–8:

  Since we were entering China from Hong Kong, we could have taken the weekly direct flight from the Crown Colony. But there was also a daily flight from Kuangchou, and flights from Kuangchou, being domestic flights, were 50 percent cheaper. So we headed for Kuangchou.]

• 2019 March 19, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, “China's goths protest after woman told to remove 'distressing' make-up on subway”, in The Guardian‎^[8]:

  In a post on Chinese social media site Weibo, the woman, who remains unnamed, recounted how subway security in the southern city of Guangzhou had stopped her from travelling because of her heavy eye make-up and dark lipstick.

Guangdong Province as 'Guangzhou'

• 2007 April 3, “China's 'nail house' is pulled out of its lonely site”, in The New York Times‎^[9], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 February 2021, Asia Pacific‎^[10]:

  "This is not an individual case, it concerns the rights of all those Chinese who say their homes were demolished, you are the people's heroes!!!" declared one anonymous posting late Monday on the Web site of the Yangcheng Evening News in Guangzhou^{[sic – meaning Guangdong]} Province, in southern China.

• 2009 March 12, “Strike shuts doors of French landmarks”, in France 24‎^[11], archived from the original on 27 May 2010, France‎^[12]:

  Ranma Mo and her boyfriend Gavin Lam came from Guangzhou^{[sic – meaning Guangdong]} province in southern China on their first trip to Paris wanting to see the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo at the Louvre but had to leave on Thursday unfulfilled.

• 2017 May 31, Simon Denyer, “Activists investigating Ivanka Trump brands in China arrested, missing”, in The Washington Post‎^[13], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 May 2017, World‎^[14]:

  Activists Hua Haifeng and Li Zhao had been investigating labor practices at Huajian factories in Ganzhou city in southeastern Jiangxi province and Dongguan city in southern Guangzhou^{[sic – meaning Guangdong]} province, while a third activist, Su Heng, was working undercover inside the Ganzhou factory, CLW’s Li said.

• 2019 August 28, “State councilor urges safeguarding security for 70th anniversary”, in State Council of the People's Republic of China‎^[15], archived from the original on 22 January 2022‎^[16]:

  State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Zhao Kezhi called for efforts to maintain security and stability for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on Aug 26 during his inspection tour of Guangzhou, capital of South China’s Guangzhou^{[sic – meaning Guangdong]} province.

• 2022 July 31, Yew Lun Tian, “U.S. House Speaker Pelosi begins Asia tour, no mention of Taiwan”, in William Mallard, Himani Sarkar, Sandra Maler, editors, Reuters‎^[17], archived from the original on 02 August 2022, Asia Pacific‎^[18]:

  Chinese coast guard will hold an exercise in the South China Sea off Guangzhou^{[sic – meaning Guangdong]} province on Monday, according to another notice by the Maritime Safety Administration.

• 2023 March 19, Liao Nien-han [廖念漢], “Whampoa academy arguments redundant”, in Taipei Times‎^[19], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 March 2023, Editorials, page 8‎^[20]:

  The “temple” refers to Whampoa Island in China’s Guangzhou^{[sic – meaning Guangdong]} Province, where the academy was founded, and “god” refers to the ROC Military Academy in Kaohsiung’s Fengshan District (鳳山).

• 2023 August 31, “China issues highest warning as Typhoon Saola approaches”, in Deutsche Welle‎^[21], archived from the original on 31 August 2023‎^[22]:

  The typhoon is headed toward the southeastern coastline and expected to hit Hong Kong, among other areas in the nearby Guangzhou^{[sic – meaning Guangdong]} province. Saola had already passed south of Taiwan, after lashing the Philippines. […]
  The typhoon is expected to make landfall along the coast in the province of Guangzhou^{[sic – meaning Guangdong]} to Hong Kong on the afternoon or night of Friday, China's National Meteorological Center said. The center forecasted it would be among the five strongest typhoons to land in Guangzhou since 1949.