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[quote=JENNYSL                 ,20264]Hi WOCCA,guangzhou and its neighboring city shenzhen were, strictly speaking, the first cities in china to open up to the world back in early 80s. the city as a result has attracted huge no. of people from all over china to work and live there. it is much more of an immigrant city than other cities. the result is the city is developing very fast and so fast the city has become really ugly because of industrialisation. its main train station is run-down, dark,and crowded. i used the station a few months back and i was jostled along because too many people fought their way just to go to the platform. i was almost submerged in the crowd. once zhujiang river and the night scene there were attractive but when i last visited it, i could only see polluted water and smell stinky water. all sorts of people converge here, and you will not be surprised by all the tricks and touting you encounter and petty crimes or big crimes taking place here.the sad thing is i was actually born in the city and i should have felt some passion about the city. but it was all lost in in its pace to become a rich city in china. my childhood memory was all i had about this city.i am now living in hangzhou and i really suggest you come here and visit. despite it is among the most popular tour destinations among the domestic tourists because of the beautiful west lake, it is not heavily touristic at all. you don't come into touting - that surprises me a lot. and there are many other good things about it. for example, you don't pay to visit the park - where else in china you don't pay to go into a park? it has pagodas, temples, lake, mountain and deep-rooted tea culture - it has the largest number of tea houses in china. i am surprised not many foreigners know about it.vow, have written so long...have a nice day.Jennysl[/quote]

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