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!
It’s so much fun for me to read this report from a foreigner’s perspective, and I really love your angle of using the numbers! I literally cracked up when I read the part where you showed how mediocre Shanxi is.
Even though I’m from Guangzhou myself, I can feel that GZ has kind of been losing momentum in recent years. While I still see it as a strong S-tier city, I’m afraid it might lose its spot if it doesn’t accelerate. There’s so much potential in my beloved hometown, and I truly wish it can do better!
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.
I thoroughly appreciated these two pieces! So informative and useful - thank you 🙏🏻
Hebei Rising!
This is so so much fun. Thank you for crunching the numbers
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!
Can't wait for that Essay!
Enjoyed this, thanks.
It’s so much fun for me to read this report from a foreigner’s perspective, and I really love your angle of using the numbers! I literally cracked up when I read the part where you showed how mediocre Shanxi is.
Even though I’m from Guangzhou myself, I can feel that GZ has kind of been losing momentum in recent years. While I still see it as a strong S-tier city, I’m afraid it might lose its spot if it doesn’t accelerate. There’s so much potential in my beloved hometown, and I truly wish it can do better!
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
Where's Dalian?
I'll hang up and listen for your reply.
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.
Thank you for what you're writing!