The Great Shanghai Integration: How the Mega-City is Reshaping the Yangtze Delta Section 1: The 1-Hour Economic Circle (2025 Connectivity Metrics)- 94% of delta cities now within 90-minute rail commute to Shanghai- Unified electronic residency permits cover 82 million residents - Cross-border industrial parks generate ¥1.2 tr
The Constellation Effect: How Shanghai's Urban Expansion is Redrawing the Yangtze Delta Map The concrete jungle of Shanghai's Pudong district abruptly gives way to rice paddies at the city's administrative boundary - but the economic gravity of China's financial capital extends far beyond these visible limits. A new urban phenomenon is em
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