The Great Shanghai Nexus: How China's Financial Capital is Reshaping the Yangtze Delta

Section 1: The 1+6 Mega-City Cluster Shanghai's official integration with surrounding cities:- Suzhou: Absorbs 38% of Shanghai's manufacturing relocation- Jiaxing: Becomes biotech hub with 17 new research campuses- Nantong: Housing 42% of Shanghai

Shanghai's Constellation: The Rising Galaxy of Yangtze Delta City Clusters

THE NEW COMMUTER CLASS The 6:15am G7352 bullet train from Suzhou Industrial Park arrives at Shanghai Hongqiao Station with 1,873 daily riders - accountants, engineers and bilingual educators who exemplify what sociologists call "dual-city citizens