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Exterior views show the river with its industrial barges and tourist ferries in the foreground while big cranes, bridges and high rises in the background signal Guangzhou's status as one of China's oldest cities with the overcrowding that implies. Traffic is mad particularly where roads intersect. Drivers turn three lanes into four or more and during gridlockier lulls, bicyclists might be splitting lanes at seemingly breathless speed.

The views from the 13th floor in the opposite directions were as follows:

And since China is an exercise in contrasts, the hotel interior provided suitably calm counterpoints with many artful touches.