Guangzhou was frequented by western business people as well as by tourists who visited the city on one-day excursions from hong kong
Due to its proximity to HK - less than 75 miles away and easily accessible by road or train - an operation in guangzhou could easily be serviced out of the company's HK office.
The chinese in this region were also more familiar with western management practices and culture.
In fact, the people in guangzhou speak cantonese - the same language spoken in HK.
Catonese chinese is quite different from the mandarin chinese spoken elsewhere in china.
Preliminary investagations also indicated that little difficulty would be anticipated in locating as adequate supplier of chickens