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Firstly, this plan has been unveiled for a while now. Secondly, this plan is as much hong kong/macau trying to "tie" itself closer to the mainland as vice versa
by porpoisely 8y ago
Firstly, this plan has been unveiled for a while now. Secondly, this plan is as much hong kong/macau trying to "tie" itself closer to the mainland as vice versa. But bloomberg being bloomberg, we get a dose of stale news mixed with propaganda. Thirdly, rather than hong kong and macau being tied closer to the mainland, it's really the pearl river delta cities just integrating together as you'd normally expect cities in region to do.
Here is a 4 year old video on what the aspirations of the pearl river delta are.
https://youtu.be/gNE7VPtvfbI?t=1209 https://youtu.be/gNE7VPtvfbI?t=1209
Another major megalopolis that china is building is centered around beijing.
https://youtu.be/gNE7VPtvfbI?t=19 https://youtu.be/gNE7VPtvfbI?t=19
- xvilka 8y agoThere's also Yangtze River Delta (YRD) emerging megalopolice, now planning to connect subway systems of Shanghai and Suzhou. In fact it is more populous and economically successful than PRD.
- spacehunt 8y agoThe actual document was only released by the PRC State Council in the afternoon of February 18 2019. Granted it's been over 24 hours by now, but it's hardly stale.