GUANGZHOU -- In this southern city on Saturday, where some of China's leading entrepreneurs, artists and intellectuals gathered to honor recipients of the ''China Dream'' award, one word was on everyone's lips: truth. At two morning seminars, an afternoon gala awards presentation in the dazzling Guangzhou Opera House and an evening banquet,...
GUANGZHOU, China -- It says something about the state of architecture today that the most alluring opera house built anywhere in the world in decades is in a generic new business district at the outer edge of this city, has no resident company and a second-rate program. And because this is China, a country that is still undergoing cultural growing...
GUANGZHOU, CHINA -- Hong Kong has always looked down on Guangzhou as its poor mainland cousin. But while the affluent former British colony has stalled for years over plans for a massive cultural district, Guangzhou has gone ahead and built one. This southern Chinese city surrounded by factory towns opened its new Guangdong Museum and Guangzhou...
Guangzhou + (også kendt som Canton, Kanton) er en af de vigtigste af Folkerepublikken Kinas storbyer. Den er hovedstad i provinsen Guangdong ved Folkerepublikkens kyst mod det Sydkinesiske Hav. Provinsen omfatter egentlig også de særlige administrative regioner Hongkong og Macao. Befolkningen indenfor bygrænsen anslås (2004) til 3.244.000, men hele storbyområdet har 6,66 millioner indbyggere.