Shamian

English Alternative forms en Shamëen Shameen Shamin obsolete en Sha-mien Shamien Wade-Giles Etymology From en cmn 沙面. Proper noun en island district/Liwan prefecture-level city/Guangzhou p/Guangdong c/China. en 1879 March 1, 1877 w:Anna Brassey To Canton Up the Pearl River A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam': Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months https://archive.org/details/voyageinsunbeamo00bras_0/ 6th Toronto Rose-Belford Publishing 70454630 383 https://archive.org/details/voyageinsunbeamo00bras_0/page/383/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Voyage_in_the_Sunbeam_Our_Home_on_the_Ocean_for_Eleven_Months.pdf No Chinaman, except those employed by foreigners, is allowed to cross any of the bridges over the stream, which completely surrounds the foreign settlement, and makes the suburb of Shameen a perfect island. on March 31, 2003 w:David Barboza A Chinese Hotel, Full of Proud American Parents https://web.archive.org/web/20140128073425/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/31/world/a-chinese-hotel-full-of-proud-american-parents.html Last year, more than 1,500 American families came to this hotel to lodge, tour and shop while waiting to have their adoptions approved by Chinese and American authorities.Because the hotel is located in the consulate district on Shamian Island, a tiny, flowery strip of land that is tethered to the city of Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton), there is no better place to stay. en 25 Aug 2004 Michael Taylor Past waits patiently for a blast w:South China Morning Post https://web.archive.org/web/20241130131312/https://www.scmp.com/article/467814/past-waits-patiently-blast https://www.scmp.com/article/467814/past-waits-patiently-blast 30 November 2024 1563-9371 648902513 Today, Shamian Island is a shadow of its former self. For the 85 years leading up to the first Opium War between China and Britain in 1841, it was the centre of the universe for foreigners doing business in China, being the only port open to foreign trade. January 7, 2012 Necee Regis In Guangzhou, China, plenty to discover — and to buy https://web.archive.org/web/20191023185704/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/filling-the-empty-spaces-in-guangzhou-china/2011/12/06/gIQAIETVfP_story.html 23 October 2019 https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/filling-the-empty-spaces-in-guangzhou-china/2011/12/06/gIQAIETVfP_story.html Travel A less bustling, less overwhelming — okay, I’ll say it — more Westernized part of town is Shamian Island, a territory created as a result of the Second Opium War and deeded to the British and French in 1859. Americans arriving for adoptions come here to process the papers. (The U.S. Consulate General operates from four locations scattered throughout Guangzhou. A centralized building, now under construction, is expected to open in 2013.)On a rare solo excursion, I wander Shamian’s broad pedestrian walkway, lined with elegant Baroque, neo-classical and Palladian architecture. en NOVEMBER 22, 2015 James Pomfret; Michael Martina U.S. pushes China on market access, little progress seen Nick Macfie https://web.archive.org/web/20220827140820/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-trade/u-s-pushes-china-on-market-access-little-progress-seen-idUKKCN0TB05220151122 27 August 2022 w:Reuters Business News “Significant work remains,” Froman told a business lunch at a venue on Shamian Island, on the banks of the Pearl River, a historical trading port for China and the West over centuries past, in the city formerly known as Canton. Translations island Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 沙面 Shāmiàn Japanese: ja