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Olivia Plotnick's avatar

I thoroughly appreciated these two pieces! So informative and useful - thank you šŸ™šŸ»

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Doug Rooney's avatar

Hebei Rising!

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Peter Davies's avatar

This is so so much fun. Thank you for crunching the numbers

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Debbie Liu's avatar

I enjoyed this article waaaaay too much!!

My response is totally parochial. But first, commiserations on Ezhou! the Ezhou citizens need to seriously start lobbying Yicai about their changed methodologies!!

Suzhou, 加油!Wu Zixu planned his city for eternal prosperity so of course it's up there. Should be higher. Come on guys!

Qingdao, go! Go Qingdao! If you have your central heating sorted, a great place to live.

I must say a word for Guangdong Yunfu. It's not such a bad little town. I've been there.

Great to see Gansu and Guizhou lifting themselves out of poverty.

Love to hear more about the methodologies and how they've changed!

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Han Asra's avatar

Can't wait for that Essay!

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Jenny Chase's avatar

Enjoyed this, thanks.

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Tech Buzz China's avatar

That was a fun and interesting 2-part article!

As a T4 son-in-law of Datong, I'm happy to see it *almost* claimed the spot for most average city.

And I wonder if Guiyang's rise has been significantly influenced by the big data industry that has been centred there in recent years.

-Ed Sander

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Oolong Musk åøøé¹°'s avatar

As an Inner Mongolia son-in-law myself, shall we arrange a commiseration drink next time you're up North?

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Joel Barnes's avatar

Where's Dalian?

I'll hang up and listen for your reply.

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David Fishman's avatar

Dalian this year is #26. Once upon a time (2016) it was ranked as highly as #16 but it's been struggling over the last 9 years, relative to its peers. I don't think it's actually declined per se, but it's definitely not keeping pace.

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Joel Barnes's avatar

Thank you for what you're writing!

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