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The Victoria Hotel, Canton – aka the Guangdong Victory Hotel (广东胜利宾馆)

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In Canton, I stayed at the Guangdong Victory Hotel, which, at first glance, doesn’t look in the least like it has any history at all – so thoroughly have the Chinese plastered over what used to stand here with the veneer … Continue reading

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Shameen Island – the British and French Concessions in Canton

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After the Thirteen Factories were razed to the ground in 1856, and Canton occupied by British forces in the aftermath of the Second Opium War, another site had to be identified for the reconstruction of the new foreign settlement. This … Continue reading

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