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Guangdong Province

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Area177900
Capital Guangzhou
Governor Ma Xingrui
Points of interest A-Ma Temple
Canton Tower
Taipa
Coloane
Colleges and universities Sun Yat-sen University
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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About Guangdong Province


Guangdong (formerly Canton), a coastal province of southeast China, borders Hong Kong and Macau. Its capital, Guangzhou, sits within its industrial Pearl River Delta region. This sprawling port is home to the octagonal Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, commemorating the founder of modern China. The city's colonial history is evident in its garden-lined boulevards and the 19th-century European architecture of Shamian Island.

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Six dead in China kindergarten stabbing

Feb 16,2020 9:38 am

Six people have been killed And One injured in a kindergarten stabbing in China's south-eastern Guangdong Province , police tell The Bbc .

Police said they have arrested a 25-year-old man with the surname Wu.

The Victims include one teacher, two parents and three students, AFP reported, quoting a spokeswoman for The City government.

The Attack happened on Monday at 07:40 local time (23:40 Sunday GMT), and The Man was arrested at 08:00.

Police have called this a case of " intentional assault".

Violent crime is relatively rare in China, but the country has seen a spate of knife attacks in recent years, including several in schools.

In August Last Year , a knife-wielding assailant stormed a kindergarten in the south-eastern Jiangxi province, killing three people and wounding six others. In April 2021, Two Children died while 16 others were injured during a In October 2018, 14 children were injured in, south-west China.



Source of news: bbc.com

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