TBF, it is the capital of the province, the most well developed part of it. Part of the problem with unequal development in China has been that the cities have been heavily developed like this, while the countryside has lagged behind. Thankfully, that seems to be changing now and the CPC’s current goal seems to be to reduce unequal development as much as possible, so we might start to see small towns looking this well developed in about 10-20 years.
TBF, it is the capital of the province, the most well developed part of it. Part of the problem with unequal development in China has been that the cities have been heavily developed like this, while the countryside has lagged behind. Thankfully, that seems to be changing now and the CPC’s current goal seems to be to reduce unequal development as much as possible, so we might start to see small towns looking this well developed in about 10-20 years.