South China Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
geographical and cultural region that covers the southernmost part of China
About South China
This area has been a center of international trade for centuries.Guangzhouin Guangdong was one of the main Chinese ports on theMaritime Silk Road, starting a few hundred BCE or a few hundred CE according to different historians. Shorter-range trade, such as from Hainan toVietnamand the rest ofSoutheast Asia, has also been going on for a very long time. Along with neighboringEast China, this area was the "China Coast" of the 19th century, the region where tea clippers loaded and other trade (including opium) boomed. Both Chinese and European traders made and lost fortunes, and wars were fought over trading rights. A host of "missionaries, mercenaries and misfits" from all over the world poured in while education, production, modernisation, corruption, consumption, and seduction all went on
South China Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 13 sections including: