
The Pearl River in Guangzhou is filled with all kinds of ships in this Chinese painting exported to Europe in the 18th century.[Photo/Guangzhou Daily]

Foreign flags hang at a wharf at the well-known Guangzhou Thirteen Factories, the only place where Western traders could legally do business in China between 1757 and 1842. [Photo/ Guangzhou Daily]
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