Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọ bụ ezie na ndụ dị na Shamian bụ nke udo na nke kwụsiri ike, ndụ ndị China na-ebi ná mpụga agwaetiti ahụ abụghị. Enweghị afọ ojuju na-arịwanye elu n'Alaeze Qing dugara ná ngagharị iwe na n'ikpeazụ ịkwatu ya. Agha nke Abụọ nke China na Japan mere ka ndị ọrụ consulate na Fuzhou na 1934 na Canton na 1938 pụọ. Mgbe nke Japan gasịrị
nye ndị Allies, ọtụtụ U.S. Consulates na China meghere ọzọ. Ruo ọnwa ole na ole na 1949, mgbe gọọmentị mba China kwagara isi ụlọ ọrụ ya site na Nanjing gaa Guangzhou, Shamian Island jere ozi dị ka ebe "Office of Embassy" nke Ngalaba Na-ahụ Maka Ọchịchị State. Ka agha obodo na-aga n'ihu n'etiti ndị agha Nationalist na Communist nke China, gọọmentị Nationalist kpebiri ọzọ ịkwaga oche gọọmentị na Chungking (Chongqing) na Office nke Embassy sochiri. E mechiri Consulate Canton n'onwe ya n'August, 1949, na mmekọrịta mmekọrịta mba na mba dị n'etiti gọọmentị Kọmunist nke ala China na United States kwụsịrị n'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị.