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This document summarizes the history of the Thirteen Factories of Canton, which were buildings along the Pearl River in Guangzhou, China that housed Western merchants from the 18th to 19th centuries. The factories combined Chinese and Western architectural styles and served as a space for both collaboration and confrontation between foreign merchants and local Chinese people. While based on Chinese vernacular building forms, the factories took on some Westernized features over time like large porticoes. The

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