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New page: '''Guangzhou''', also known as Canton, is the largest city in south China and the capital of the province of Guangdong. It lies at the head of the Pearl River delta. Hi...
'''Guangzhou''', also known as [[Canton]], is the largest city in south [[China]] and the capital of the province of [[Guangdong]]. It lies at the head of the [[Pearl River]] [[delta]]. Historically, it was the Chinese city most open to foreign influence through trade; the events leading up to the [[Opium War]] of 1839-42 took place here. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the city was a hotbed of nationalist and revolutionary activity, and it became the seat of government of [[Sun Yixian]] (Sun Yat-sen) in the early 1920s. The [[Northern Expedition]] set off from Guangzhou in 1926, and in 1927 there was a [[Communist]]-led uprising in the city.