Tianjin has districts that look like were built in late 19th century London and Amsterdam or early 20th century New York City. The trick is those buildings are just 3–5 years old.
There is a city in eastern China, where slum-like neighborhoods stand just across of financial district's skyscrapers, where chaotic markets and brothels neighbor luxurious estates and shopping malls. …
Have you heard of Guangdong (also called Canton)? It is one of most developed provinces of mainland China with GDP similar to Mexico. I bet you read these lines on a device fully or partially …
If somebody have told me I'd freak out because of armed military pointing their guns on me and I walk away through neon-lightened rainy streets, I'd tell it sounds like a cliched cyberpunk novel. But …