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Considering the length of the southern and south-eastern coasts of china, they are remarkably deficient in seaports.
Population: 4,68 Millions
Previously known to the outside world as swatow, shantou is the chief port of eastern Guangdong, as early as the 18th century the east india company has a station on an island outside the harbour.
the port was offically opened up to foreign trade in 1860 with the treaty of Tianjin, which ended another Opium War. the Bristish were the first to establish themselves here,
Today shantou is the first major stop on the long haul along the coast road from canton to Fujian.