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Despite its reputation as “strictly business,” Guangzhou provides some rare opportunities for sightseeing. Two modern monuments face each other across the Pearl River: the iconic “twist” of the Canton Tower and the renowned “double pebble” Opera House designed by Zaha Hadid. Steps from the Opera House, find the graphic façade of the provincial Guangdong Museum which houses engrossing exhibits of porcelain, calligraphy and woodcarving. The extraordinary Museum of the Mausoleum of the Nanyue King exhibits 2,000-year-old treasures in a meandering structure constructed right on the downtown site where the Han Dynasty tomb was discovered in 1983. Read More