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Guangzhou, [a] previously romanized as Canton [6] or Kwangchow, [7] is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. [8] Located on the Pearl River about 120 km (75 mi) north-northwest of Hong Kong and 145 km (90 mi) north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the Silk Road.
Leased Territory of Guangzhouwan. The Leased Territory of Guangzhouwan, [citation needed] officially the Territoire de Kouang-Tchéou-Wan, [nb 1] was a territory on the coast of present-day Zhanjiang in China leased to France and administered by French Indochina. [1] The capital of the territory was Fort-Bayard, present-day Zhanjiang. [nb 2]
Guangdong, [a] previously romanized as Kwangtung or Canton, is a coastal province located in South China, on the north shore of the South China Sea. [7] The provincial capital is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.84 million (as of 2021) [8] across a total area of about 179,800 km 2 (69,400 sq mi), [1] Guangdong is the most populous province ...
France sold weapons to Taiwan, angering the Beijing government. This resulted in the temporary closure of the French Consulate-General in Guangzhou. France eventually agreed to prohibit local companies from selling arms to Taiwan, and diplomatic relations resumed in 1994. Since then, the two countries have exchanged a number of state visits.
The emergence of foreign concessions in Imperial China was an indirect [citation needed] offshoot of the 19th century unequal treaties.The 1842 Treaty of Nanking between China and Great Britain stated that "British Subjects, with their families and establishments, shall be allowed to reside, for the purpose of carrying on their mercantile pursuits, without molestation or restraint at the ...
Shamian (also romanized as Shameen or Shamin, both from its Cantonese pronunciation) is a sandbank island in the Liwan District of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The island's name literally means "sandy surface" in Chinese. The territory was divided into two concessions given to France and the United Kingdom by the Qing government in the 19th ...
Overseas France ( French: France d'outre-mer, also France ultramarine) [note 3] consists of 13 French territories outside Europe, mostly the remnants of the French colonial empire that remained a part of the French state under various statuses after decolonization. Most, but not all, are part of the European Union .
French is an official language in 32 independent nations which is the second most geographically widespread official language in the world after English.French is also the second most geographically widespread language in the world after English, with about 60 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language. [1]