On July 9 , the storm made Manufacturing landfall along the Chinese province of Guangdong , dissipating Dispersal the next day west of Hong Kong .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Kowloon was a skirmish Hostile_encounter between British and Chinese vessels off the Kowloon Peninsula , China , on 4 September 1839 , located in Hong Kong , although Kowloon was then part of the Guangdong province .

The 2011 Haimen protest of December 2011 occurred Presence in the Chinese town of Haimen , Guangdong province .

Chanchu weakened Cause_change_of_strength as it curved Motion_directional to the northeast , making landfall Self_motion near Shantou , Guangdong on May 17 as a severe tropical storm .

In China , damage was heaviest in Guangdong where the storm struck .

In Guangxi and Guangdong , collectively 20 people were killed Killing , and damage reached Achieve about ¥4.45 billion ( CNY , US $ 297 million ) .

The two main suspects had fled Escaping to Guangdong , China .

A severe outbreak Catastrophe of SARS in early 2003 affected Influence Guangdong in southern China and prompted Causation FIFA to move Change the Women 's World Cup to the United States , who had hosted Social_event the previous edition in 1999 .

The revolt was led by the three lords of the fiefdoms in Yunnan , Guangdong and Fujian provinces against the Qing central government .

The storm dropped Motion_directional heavy rainfall in the region , reaching Arriving in Guangdong .

Also in Guangdong , the storm wrecked Destroying 16,000 homes and flooded Filling of crop fields .