Chinese cities are rising as the world's most powerful, with Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai now topping household names like Los Angeles, Berlin and Tokyo
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As Chinese cities become more international, complete with ubiquitous Starbucks cafes and Apple Stores, balancing the local population’s needs for easy and affordable modes of transportation and housing with individual fulfillment is becoming essential. In other words, most of China’s cities are kinda boring, especially compared to the world’s top 5 cities: New York, London, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong.Xi Jinping’s home city is ranked No.
Shanghai’s 19th place on the Global Cities Index remains unchanged from 2018. The city is ahead of Boston and San Francisco . Their urbanization rate rose from 18% in 1978 to 60% in 2018. China’s urban population now stands at around 830 million. At this point, Chinese cities shifted to quality-oriented development, designed to mimic the international lifestyle of Hong Kong. This became the key contributor to the fast growth of Chinese cities climbing up the ranks of A.T. Kearney’s Global Cities Index, Wang wrote.
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