That’s because Chinese cities are bigger than US counties let alone individual cities. If you look at the list of most dense “cities proper” [1] China doesn’t

That’s because Chinese cities are bigger than US counties let alone individual cities. If you look at the list of most dense “cities proper” [1] China doesn’t even make the list because all of their cities include huge swathes of rural land. Beijing for example is over 6,000 square miles while NYC is only 300 sq mi and the city of LA is only 470 sq mi. The US has dozens of counties with more than a million people [2] and most are much smaller than Beijing or other Chinese cities. The only city that is comparable to an American one is Hong Kong, the rest are much bigger. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_proper_by_population_density https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_proper_by_pop... [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_populous_counties_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_populous_co...