Info on Guangzhou

Guangzhou 广州市 (pronounced Gwong-joe...I thought it was Gwong- cho as in rhyming with the the cho in chore, but it's more of a j sound before the ch, so it's a little trickier to pronounce, but I've found if you say the last syllable like joe, it works quite well.)

“The city is also known by an older English-language name, Canton. It is a port on the Pearl River, navigable to the South China Sea, and is located about 120 km (75 miles) northwest of Hong Kong…. It the most populous city in the province and the third most populous metropolitan area in mainland China." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhou

The city is the capital of Guangdong Province and has a history of more than 2,200 years. Guangzhou enjoys mild weather all the year round. The average annual temperature in Guangzhou is about 22.6 degrees centigrade. The city governs 12 districts, encompassing 7,434 square kilometres, with a population of 10 million. http://www.maps-of-china.net/c_guangzhou_map.html

There are ten universities in Guangzhou and they are all located in what is known as the Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, also referred to as Guangzhou University City (or Town), which is located on a small (10,ooo acre) island in southern part of Guangzhou.
http://www.newsgd.com/specials/annualreview04/cul_sports/200412250001.htm and
http://www.study-in-china.org/school/Guangdong/gzu/

Each university has many colleges (e.g. Guangzhou University itself has 21 colleges - http://english.gzhu.edu.cn/). There are over 20,000 students and 5,000 faculty members.( http://www.asg-architects.com/expertise/townPlanning/china/index.htm). It has libraries, lakes and gardens, as well as a shopping complex so that one does not need to leave the complex.