China 2005 (19) - Guangzhou by CDBrugg

Photography • Historical • posted on Aug 29, 2005

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Guangzhou (also called Canton), situated at the mouth of the Pearl River is the Capital of Guangdong Province. For hundreds of years, most of China's foreign trade came through here. At times, this was the only place where foreigners were allowed to trade with the 'Middle Kingdom'. The British fought the first 'Opium War' in 1839

Comments (20)

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diomedes66

8:53AM | Mon, 29 August 2005

LOL, what makes you think they haven't :-) Marvelous image and I love the history. Well done!

pimbotin

8:54AM | Mon, 29 August 2005

Imagine if froggies invaded chocolateLand for the right to sell Beaujolais! (I didn't know they already had laptop at these times...)

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CDBrugg

9:01AM | Mon, 29 August 2005

@pimbotin: 1. Stop blaming everyone else for your problems (you French are nearly as bad as the Americans) 2. You should know that the Chinese invented EVERYTHING, gunpowder the printing press etc etc (except for Emmental cheese of course).

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TwoPynts

9:08AM | Mon, 29 August 2005

Yes, imagine that! :) A wonderful photo and mini-history.

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DELMUR

9:18AM | Mon, 29 August 2005

Bien vu le commentaire de pimbo! Et bien vu ta ronse!En ce qui me concerne , je ne crois qu'au roquefort, bien qu'interesspar 'l'herbe' aussi..... Belle image mais dre de statue! le chinois avec son boulier en dit long!!!

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spselfr

11:36AM | Mon, 29 August 2005

you should email this pic to rayberg to see what he can do with it in photoshop. This is a great picture.

camera2

12:38PM | Mon, 29 August 2005

Not only do I enjoy reading a little history that goes along with this wonderful photograph, but also the coments that appear to start a riot of sillyness. Have a great day my friend.

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Enmos

1:01PM | Mon, 29 August 2005

Cool statue, is that a keyboard ? lol Superb work !! :o)

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Georges_H_Hoens

1:37PM | Mon, 29 August 2005

Une belle sculpture, les dails : table, bouillet compteur, expression des visages, le tout tr bien photographi.. et merci mille fois pour la visite par procuration d'un pays qui reste plein de mystes!

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Hedepo

1:48PM | Mon, 29 August 2005

A very interesting photo and story, Keep in mind that due to the British, the Chinees became hooked to Opium........ It was the money to buy tea!!

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rayburg

2:07PM | Mon, 29 August 2005

great sculpture pic...the chinese man is using his early calculator called an abacus....interesting history lesson also..

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Onslow

3:57PM | Mon, 29 August 2005

Interesting sculpture well captured :)

logiloglu

5:31PM | Mon, 29 August 2005

an excellent capture of this fascinating sculpture !!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!

soulofharmony

6:29PM | Mon, 29 August 2005

excellent pov on these statues.. fantastic p'graphy :)

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Richardphotos

8:24PM | Mon, 29 August 2005

beautiful sculpture and capture

deannemart

8:32PM | Mon, 29 August 2005

A wonderful sculpture! Looks like they're calculating some numbers for a transaction on an abacus. Great history lesson, Charles! But please, don't judge any of us by the politics of the lands in which we live :)

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