From the Chan's
Mexico has opened a Consulate in Guangzhou. In the celebratory event, Mexican Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Lourdes Aranda cited the heavy weight economic power of Guangdong Province not to mention the fact that most Chinese-Mexicans trace their roots to south China as the chief reasons for opening the post, which initially will cover only Guangdong Province. Other factors included Guangdong's active wooing of Mexico and the fact that Mexican Ambassador to China Sergio Ley is himself a Chinese-Mexican with roots in Zhongshan – a heartland city of Guangdong. Guangdong Foreign Affairs Office officials noted that Mexico is only the first of many Latin American countries intending to establish Consulates in Guangzhou – in train are those of Peru, Chile, Brazil, and, regretfully, Cuba.
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