"The Yangtze Megacity Experiment: How Shanghai Is Rewriting the Rules of Urban Regionalism" [The Blurring Borders]At the Anting automotive complex straddling Shanghai and Jiangsu, engineer Wang Li starts her workday reviewing designs from German partners before lunching with Zhejiang suppliers, all while her children attend cross-border b
The Great Shanghai Integration: How China's Financial Capital is Redefining Regional Development Section 1: The Expanding Metropolitan Sphere- Geographic definition of "Greater Shanghai" region- Population dynamics (26 million in Shanghai, 50 million in surrounding areas)- Economic interconnectedness (¥15 trillion combined GDP)- Historical co
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