"Due to its strategic vulnerability, it was largely ignored in the central policy written up by Mao Zedong. However, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Guangzhou was one of the first cities earmarked for open market reforms under Deng Xiaoping's economic reform policies. Since then, Guangzhou has reclaimed its place as one of Chinas most prosperous and thriving cities."
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Guangzhou (Simplified Chinese: 广州) (Traditional Chinese: 廣州), also known as Canton and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow is the capital and the largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about 120 km north-northwest of Hong Kong and 145 km north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the mariti
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