South China
Canton Tower & Pearl River, Guangzhou
广州塔·珠江 · Guangdong, Guangzhou
The slender Canton Tower anchors Guangzhou's glittering Pearl River waterfront skyline.
Guangzhou's skyline along the Pearl River is one of south China's most dazzling, dominated by the 600-metre Canton Tower, known locally as the 'Slim Waist' for its twisting hourglass form. River cruises glide past floodlit skyscrapers, bridges and the riverside promenade of a city that has traded with the world for over two thousand years.
Guangzhou was the starting point of the maritime Silk Road and, as Canton, the only Chinese port open to foreign trade in the 18th century. The Canton Tower, opened for the 2010 Asian Games, symbolises the city's modern ambition as the commercial capital of the Pearl River Delta.
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