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.
1895, Rosswell Hobart Graves, Forty Years in China: Or, China in Transition[2], Baltimore: R. H. Woodward Company, pages 14–15:
Though much of the mountain land is still in forest and not occupied by man, the fertile valleys and extended plains are very thickly settled, so that China’s population to the square mile is very great. The most populous city is probably Canton, with a million and a half inhabitants, then comes Peking, the capital, and other seaports and centers of population, as Shanghai, Foochow, Han-kow, etc.
1920, Cades Alfred Middleton Smith, The British in China and Far Eastern Trade[3], London: Constable & Co. Ltd., page 23:
The earliest pioneer of British free trade in Canton was Mr. William Jardine, founder of the still flourishing firm of Jardine, Matheson, and Co., who visited China off and on between the years 1802 and 1818, and resided in Canton continuously from 1820 to January 31, 1839.
1938, Robert Berkov, Strong Man of China: The Story of Chiang Kai-shek[4], Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, page 49:
Four days later Chiang Kai-shek, now commander-in-chief of the garrisons in Canton, was in full control of the city. The left wing of the Kuomintang was firmly established in power, and Chiang was its acknowledged head.
In China, a combination of television, radio, posters, inexpensive print is used with great effectiveness as reenforcement for programs to teach Mandarin Chinese. I have observed this admirable program in Canton.
1979 May 6, “Human rights group”, in Free China Weekly[6], volume XX, number 17, Taipei, page 3:
A handbill strongly condemning Teng Hsiao-ping was circulated in Kwangtung early last month by a human rights group based in Fushan near Canton according to an intelligence report.
Chinese traders, mostly from the southern ports of Amoy (Hsia-men) and Canton, took raw silk, fabrics, and apparel to Manila, where these cargoes were sold for silver and carried back for sale in the New World.
He consequently denounced the naval and air assaults on Shanghai, the injuries visited upon Nanjing, and later (June 1938) the aerial bombardment of Canton.
Si Kin-Fo avait donné ce dîner d’adieu à ses amis de Canton, c’est que c’était dans cette capitale de la province de Kouang-Tong qu’il avait passé une partie de son adolescence.
Cette province contient dix métropoles. Quang-cheu est sa capitale ; c’est la même ville que les François nomment mal-à-propos Quanton ou Canton. Voyez Quang-cheu. (D. J.)
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