Posted on November 6, 2017
14 European countries could fit in just 14 of China’s 31 megacities.
We know China is enormous, but these graphics help put a bit more context on the size.
If we consider the Chinese megaregions, this context becomes even more sharply drawn.
Australia with its $US1.2 trillion economy is only 5% bigger than the Beijing megaregion. The teaming sub-continent of India? Only 4% bigger than the Yangtze megaregion.
And, most of these new Chinese city-counties are growing at faster rates than the old world countries they are compared to.
