Guangdong

American  

[gwahng-dawng] / ˈgwɑŋˈdɔŋ /

(Older Spelling) Kwangtung

noun

Pinyin.

1. a province in southeastern China. 89,344 sq. mi. (231,401 sq. km). Canton.

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Guangdong British  

/ ˈɡwæŋˈdʊŋ /

noun

1. a province of SE China, on the South China Sea: includes the Leizhou Peninsula, with densely populated river valleys; traditionally also including Macao and Hong Kong; the only true tropical climate in China. Capital: Canton. Pop: 79 540 000 (2003 est). Area: 197 100 sq km (76 100 sq miles)

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Guangdong

Born in the southern province of Guangdong, Yang started intensive training in programming when he was 17 years old and competed in China’s National Olympiad in Informatics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Xu took to a stage in Guangdong, home to many of China's garment factories, to re-affirm his company's ties to Beijing.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Parts of Guangxi's coastal and eastern regions, as well as southwestern Guangdong, will continue to be hit by heavy rain on Wednesday, Minister of Water Resources Li Guoying said Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

Hui, also known as Xu Jiayin, founded Evergrande in 1996 in China’s southern province of Guangdong.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

In 1937—just four years before Joey’s diagnosis—lepers in the Chinese province of Guangdong were promised an allowance of ten cents.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly