> E.g. Shenzen grew from less than a million people to 12 million people in roughly the time it took Germany to figure out a rail connection between Berlin and

> E.g. Shenzen grew from less than a million people to 12 million people in roughly the time it took Germany to figure out a rail connection between Berlin and Munich. China has built more sub way lines for new cities in recent decades than exist outside of China. You said it yourself. If Germany was down with waves of Syrians and Turks or whoever, just as China promotes urbanization from the hinterland, they would see the growth too. Then there is Korea which isn't growing but is still building out Seoul, because intensive urbanization is still the form of development that makes the most sense.