China Atlas · 6 cities · ground-truth notes
Pick the right city before you book the flight.
Every Chinese city has a personality — and getting it wrong is expensive. Tap a marker to see industries, neighborhoods, and the ground tips foreigners only learn after a year of mistakes.
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Where business actually happens.
Shanghai
上海Yangtze River Delta
China's commercial gateway. Where foreign business actually closes deals.
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Hangzhou
杭州Zhejiang
China's e-commerce and AI capital. Smaller, smarter, hungrier.
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Shenzhen
深圳Pearl River Delta
The hardware capital of the world. If it's electronic, it's prototyped here.
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Beijing
北京Northern China
Government, policy, and the country's deepest research talent.
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Suzhou
苏州Jiangsu
Shanghai's quieter, cheaper, deeply industrial neighbour.
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Guangzhou
广州Pearl River Delta
Trade, textiles, and the most underrated foreign-business city in China.
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