Guangzhou
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Oct 29, 2026
Allen SalkinHOST
No.
Allen SalkinHOST
They needed to be close to the United States because of their desire to sell rubber duckies to my father, etc., In the mid-1980s, my father, who had spent most of his working life as a salesman of baby toys, figures out he can go to a trade fair in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou and start buying rubber duckies and plush toys by the container load and selling them in the U.S. to dollar stores and carnies.
Allen SalkinHOST
He's not alone.
Allen SalkinHOST
This is the period when U.S. trade with China starts to take off.
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Alex GruskinHOST
Of course, we've got the other 250.
Alex GruskinHOST
The other event, excuse me, the 250 this week in Guangzhou, a bunch of upsets so far in Guangzhou.
Alex GruskinHOST
Top seed Darius Sneager knocked out round one, four and two by Anna Bondar.
Alex GruskinHOST
Of course, you had Tara Rudy knocked down three sets by Sinyakova round one.
Alex GruskinHOST
Sneaker, out.
Alex GruskinHOST
Chen, out.
Alex GruskinHOST
It's not even Thursday here in the States, and our top three seeds all eliminated from the action in Guangzhou.
Alex GruskinHOST
So things certainly opening up there.
speaker_6NARRATOR
These were regions like Shenzhen, which was conveniently positioned right next to Hong Kong, which was kind of its own special economic zone at this point.
speaker_6NARRATOR
It also opened it up to other areas like Guangzhou and of course Shanghai.
speaker_6NARRATOR
These became areas that were still very much part of China, but were allowed certain liberties.
speaker_6NARRATOR
The first of these was the fact that they were allowed ports to conduct international trade.
Drowsy HistorianHOST
the names of distant ports become familiar long before the places themselves do.
Drowsy HistorianHOST
Canton, or Guangzhou, sits at the centre of much of this foreign trade, and although you live far from its warehouses and river traffic, the consequences eventually reach you.
Drowsy HistorianHOST
The Qing government had prohibited opium imports with an imperial ban dating to 1799, yet the trade continued through smuggling and networks involving foreign merchants and Chinese intermediaries.
Drowsy HistorianHOST
This creates a strange contradiction that you can feel even in your ordinary town.
Drowsy HistorianHOST
It becomes a question of government authority, economic stability, corruption, public order and the relationship between China and foreign powers.
Drowsy HistorianHOST
Qing officials had been debating the opium problem for years, and by the late 1830s pressure for stronger action had grown.
Drowsy HistorianHOST
In 1839, the Daoguang Emperor sent Lin Zexu to Guangzhou with extraordinary authority to suppress the illicit opium trade.
Drowsy HistorianHOST
Lin seized foreign-held opium stocks and ultimately oversaw the destruction of roughly 20,000 chests of opium.
Daniela LazarovaCORRESPONDENT
Without them, the capital would have been losing population over the long term with negative consequences for the city's economy, according to an analysis by the Prague Institute of Planning and Development.
Daniela LazarovaCORRESPONDENT
And turning now to sports, tennis player Katerina Siniakova has withdrawn from the Guangzhou tournament ahead of her second round match.
Daniela LazarovaCORRESPONDENT
The world's top-ranked doubles player, who won her first singles title in three years in Osaka on Sunday, will therefore be unable to extend her winning streak.
Daniela LazarovaCORRESPONDENT
Seneakova appeared tired in her opening match in Guangzhou on Wednesday after traveling from Japan, but still defeated Thailand's Alunlana Torirudi, the tournament's third seed, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Daniela LazarovaCORRESPONDENT
During the match, she requested medical attention several times for problems with her shoulder and neck.
Daniela LazarovaCORRESPONDENT
And finally, a quick look at the weather forecast.
Teresa WhitakerNARRATOR
At 3 p.m. on CBSSN, we have the UEFA Women Manchester City versus Paris Saint-Germain.
Teresa WhitakerNARRATOR
And in tennis, at 8.30 p.m. this evening on the Tennis Channel, we have the Vienna, Basel, Tokyo, and Guangzhou.
Teresa WhitakerNARRATOR
I think that's the WTA.
Teresa WhitakerNARRATOR
I don't know what matches
John RossHOST
But anyway, he went through officer military training in northern China and not long after became an artillery instructor at the Wampoa Military Academy.
John RossHOST
That's in Guangzhou, southern China, the famous training ground for Chiang Kai-shek's loyal officers.
John RossHOST
So the young Chen impressed Chiang Kai-shek, and he was taken on.
John RossHOST
He was involved in the Northern Expedition, where the nationalists asserted power over the warlords and rivals, and later campaigns against the communists.
Tom GanHOST
The tsunami of cherries is about to hit us, so it could be an interesting year for us next year.
Tom GanHOST
Now, we touched on this earlier, but XPeng's Robotaxi Yoyo is now being granted L4 Autonomous Driving qualification in Guangzhou.
Tom GanHOST
So this could be interesting.
Tom GanHOST
Hopefully, if we are ever in Guangzhou, we get to test this out on their streets, which could be quite good to see how it works.
Tom GanHOST
Here we go.
Tom GanHOST
Have you sat in any autonomous
Riz AkhtarHOST
I was a bit bummed out about that.
Riz AkhtarHOST
But this here would be interesting.
Izzy RosenzweigGUEST
outside of the factory to being in a 3PL ready to ship.
Izzy RosenzweigGUEST
Literally, your Guangzhou, it's three hours.
Izzy RosenzweigGUEST
Your Shenzhen, it's an hour.
Izzy RosenzweigGUEST
Your Shanghai, you're talking about one day.
Belinda JacksonHOST
And a lot of people have been finding that this is a non-Gulf way of getting up.
Belinda JacksonHOST
So you hub through places like Guangzhou or Shanghai.
Belinda JacksonHOST
and then fly up to Cairo from there rather than going through the Gulf.
Belinda JacksonHOST
So they have definitely benefited from this.
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