Question:
While Hong Kong remained a relative backwater in early days, nearby Guangzhou (Canton) was developing into a great trading city with connections in India and the Middle East.

Does it follow that "Guangzhou is a small town that achieves little to no trade annually."?
Answer:
no

Question:
i mean it's like if you plan a year ahead you can probably save up seven hundred dollars you know one thousand four hundred dollars to send your child to college you know

Does it follow that "Your child can't go to college because you can't find a way to afford it."?
Answer:
no

Question:
A tall, athletic man who favors pleated khakis and starched button-down shirts, Zucker grew up in an upper-middle-class enclave in the west San Fernando Valley, far from the poverty he now sees every day.

Does it follow that "Zucker grew up very poor."?
Answer:
no

Question:
yeah those go back quite a ways

Does it follow that "They've been around a long time."?
Answer:
yes