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Ersha Island,formerly Napier Island in English,is an island in the Yuexiu District of Guangzhou,Guangdong Province,China. It houses the American International School of Guangzhou elementary school campus,several apartment complexes,a badminton stadium,and a government sports training facility. Ersha Island is also home to the Guangdong Museum of Art and the Xinghai Concert Hall. It also contains several small parks:Chuanqi,Hong Cheng,Ershadao Sports Park,and Guangzhou Fazhan Park.
Known to the English as Napier Island,it divides the Pearl River into two branches. On the eastern end was Napier's Fort,named after the British trade envoy to China,Lord Napier. It was a semi-circular fort of stone masonry mounting 35 guns and designed to command the passage on both sides. [1] [2] During the First Opium War (1839–42),British forces took possession of the fort before capturing Canton (Guangzhou) in March 1841. Before the end of the war,the Chinese rebuilt the fort,plus three extra stone forts nearby,mounting nearly 200 guns in total. [1] During the Expedition to Canton in April 1847,the British captured 49 guns on Napier's Fort. [3] It later became one of four forts known as the Barrier Forts,which guarded a narrow opening in the river towards Guangzhou. [4] At the start of the Second Opium War (1856–60),the British captured these strategic locations with only slight opposition in the Battle of Canton on 23 October 1856. American forces recaptured these sites in the Battle of the Barrier Forts in November 1856.
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Guangzhou Yuexiu Yucai Experimental School [5] is located on the island.
American International School of Guangzhou's elementary school campus is on the island. [6]
Previously the École Française Internationale de Canton, the French international school of Guangzhou, was located at the GoldArch Riverdale [note 1] development on Ersha Island. [7]
Ersha Island station on Line 12 of Guangzhou Metro is planned to open in 2024.
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The American International School of Guangzhou ) is a non-profit, independent, multicultural, and co-educational day school for international students from preschool to grade 12. It is located in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, with an Elementary School campus on Ersha Island, Yuexiu District and a Secondary School campus in Science Park, Huangpu District. It is South China's oldest international school, having opened in 1981. AISG provides a global curriculum based on American educational standards and principles.
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