High hopes for China’s Greater Bay Area, but integrating 11 cities will pose challenges

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2 жыл бұрын

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China is pushing ahead with a grand plan to merge 11 cities in the Pearl River Delta into one mega economic and business hub. It's called the Greater Bay Area, with each city playing its own unique role as in this economic powerhouse. But integrating all 11 cities into a megalopolis comes with a slew of challenges.
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@MJ18888 2 жыл бұрын

This is what a government should be, forward planning!

@GM-kp7yw 2 жыл бұрын

Something that Western governments lacks and forgot

@dandyhimnez4120 2 жыл бұрын

G M i Agreeeee

@JewTube001 2 жыл бұрын

it's hard to do that in the west due to how democracy works it only makes sense for leaders to focus on their current term, which is typically 5 years or shorter.

@TheOne30264 2 жыл бұрын

@@JewTube001 Legal corruption such as lobbying is the problem. The gov't don't work for the population anymore but just the minority interest groups.

@jzeng2022 2 жыл бұрын

This is a rare forward-looking report in the South China Morning Post, and it is very constructive.

@___Anakin.Skywalker 2 жыл бұрын

China is going to destroy these cities in the coming big war. China just can't help being too aggressive and hostile to other countries, instead of focusing on getting bigger and greater.

@JewTube001 2 жыл бұрын

@@___Anakin.Skywalker it's a pity you wish death and destruction on such a prosperous region. then again you are darth vader.

@___Anakin.Skywalker 2 жыл бұрын

@@JewTube001 what are you saying

@Fx_Explains 2 жыл бұрын

@@JewTube001 read to understand, because what you accused him of doing isn't what he is doing. he didn't wish them bad but rather saying that china has been too aggressive and that might cause war

@teflerchina.2987 2 жыл бұрын

Zhaoqing. A beautiful, clean and friendly city. I spent 11 years teaching at a school there. It has been trying for years to be classed as a tier one city in Guangdong but kept failing. Maybe being part of the G.B.A will help it .

@gmailgmail1010 2 жыл бұрын

Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Macao, etc, too many strong cities in GBA. Except Shenzhen, other cities are hard to lead in Guangdong.

@voticiano 2 жыл бұрын

This is like a mother having 4 children. And she wants the 4 of them to get along and cooperates, but each sibling have its own personally and way of doing things. Even if the mother have hope and ambition, the success of the project will depends on how well the siblings will behave and cooperates with each other.

@Otter-Destruction 2 жыл бұрын

... or it's like a country with 4 successful cities and the government wants them to get along and cooperate, but each city has its own personality and methods. Even if the government has its own hopes and ambitions, the success of the depends on how well the cities cooperate with each other.

@zve6 2 жыл бұрын

@@Otter-Destruction that's litteraly the whole metaphor here

@Otter-Destruction 2 жыл бұрын

@@zve6 yeah exactly my point, the concept is so simple you don't need an analogy to dumb it down for people.

@diezero2483 2 жыл бұрын

😂，but you forgot to mention about how China parents are doing their parenting job lol I wouldn’t worry too much about if the don’t behave maturely a bit as long as I still remember about my childhood.

@godzillamothra5983 2 жыл бұрын

that's why it need efficient regulations to simplify things, get rid of overlap regulations.

@Aka.Aka. 2 жыл бұрын

This is beautiful. I wish them further success.

@pocarisweet8336 2 жыл бұрын

The difference between these cities can be it's weakness or its biggest advantage over other cities. Great innovation might sprout naturally with these challenging environment.

@jaimahakaljainepal3658 2 жыл бұрын

Love from Nepal 🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵💓💓💓🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳 we cherish your success. Great job brother. 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳👷👷👷👏👏👏

@jaysingh3915 2 жыл бұрын

@@jaimahakaljainepal3658 chines eat dog and gave virus to us still why u support china bro any reason 😕

@jaimahakaljainepal3658 2 жыл бұрын

@@jaysingh3915 USA made virus not by china. no any research prove on it. We love them as a human being.

@Santoshpbagalkot1 2 жыл бұрын

@@jaimahakaljainepal3658 China made the virus and Oli was a side effect of that

@jaimahakaljainepal3658 2 жыл бұрын

@@Santoshpbagalkot1 USA made virus and modi is side affects of that in Asia. India is main gate for westerner.

@Santoshpbagalkot1 2 жыл бұрын

@@jaimahakaljainepal3658 Chinese Bot Needs account block

@user-ie4tt1xp7j 2 жыл бұрын

That's not a future megapolis, it's rather a megalopolis or megaregion.

@guptaprakhar990 2 жыл бұрын

I envy China for their development….India is still busy with politics of religion….instead of focusing on development

@GeorgeMartinus 2 жыл бұрын

I just learned this a day ago: India’s bullet train faces 5-year delay: High costs, Japan firms not so keen. The Indian Express has learnt that the Railways now expects the project to be commissioned fully by October 2028, instead of the original timeline of December 2023.

@janewu3178 2 жыл бұрын

India at least doesn’t worry about guns.

@viktortan8326 2 жыл бұрын

Just as in Malaysia. We still focus on religion and race and yet nothing much on development plan. The politics play racial card and separate us to gain their seat in control.

@GeorgeMartinus 2 жыл бұрын

@@viktortan8326 As Indonesian... we here you. We're on the same boat. 😅

@riderchallenge4250 2 жыл бұрын

Comparison is not valid at all. China is one party state without free media and global internet. India is multi party state with free Internet.

@kalyankarki5053 2 жыл бұрын

Seeing the development in china, it makes me question my democratic government 😔😔

@irritatedanglosaxon1705 2 жыл бұрын

Not a democratic, but liberals

@gonzalol4157 2 жыл бұрын

China is way more democratic that many liberal democracies anyways, after all, It's a people's republic.

@AkshaySheth568 2 жыл бұрын

Atleast you can question the gov. Making statements like these in china will fetch you 10 years in prison.

@Mainz_1901 2 жыл бұрын

@T123 Facts

@stacyedrea458 2 жыл бұрын

Same here, then I realized that democracy isnt a silver bullet

@irritatedanglosaxon1705 2 жыл бұрын

"CIA bots and India keyboard warriors such a deadly combos"- Mao They will swarn all over Chinese news, and it's inevitable

@imadeanaccounttocomment7800 2 жыл бұрын

Let’s not stoop down to the level of an American internet user and start calling everyone a bot whenever their reality is broken.

@AndrewManook 2 жыл бұрын

@@imadeanaccounttocomment7800 They have literal bots lol

@wulung5943 2 жыл бұрын

Every project has some problems. No risk no gain but the dynamics and rewards of integration of the Greater Bay area will drive the process and people will take advantage of the opportunities created,

@HunterShows 2 жыл бұрын

Look at the population and GDP figures and you begin to see who is truly wealthy.

@jayandreson7070 2 жыл бұрын

They are still getting wealthier. Congrats to them.

@Bolero_Kelly 2 жыл бұрын

Like how the US is currently jacking up their GDP number with artificial inflation.

@jiuncho4435 2 жыл бұрын

Isn't SCMP suppose to play horror music whenever talking about China? What's with the sudden tone change?

@GoToMan 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe bots like you paid them or threatened to detain them? Maybe

@leezhieng 2 жыл бұрын

Their HQ in Hong Kong maybe they are afraid of the new law hahaha

@majesticslav9563 2 жыл бұрын

Their HQ in HK has already been taken over bruh.

@leezhieng 2 жыл бұрын

@@majesticslav9563 That's Apple Daily not SCMP

@ikyiAlter 2 жыл бұрын

I only know one GBA, Game Boy Advance

@allenmeng5242 2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@ErniJuliaKok 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine if China is a democratic country, can they organize the differences as smoothly as nowadays? No wonder even Socrates hated democracy.

@imsohandsome 2 жыл бұрын

You put idiots and democracy, it's a mess. However, when smart people are together acting democratically, results are astounding.

@Phyrozz 2 жыл бұрын

Japan is democratic, as well as Germany. I wonder how they've turned out...

@firefly4784 2 жыл бұрын

@Phyrozz They are not as diverse as China.

@iamyoda7917 2 жыл бұрын

@@Phyrozz India is the largest democracy. How does it turn out?

@semiramisubw4864 2 жыл бұрын

@@firefly4784 Thats the keypoint imo. China has ALOT of different ethnicies and cultures. Im pretty sure that any Democratic way like in the US or here in germany would insanely crumble in China. It just doesnt work and people are fine with it there.

@grantmccoy6739 2 жыл бұрын

This sounds right. I've imagined that real communism isn't about centralized control, but about local autonomy. If there's too much power in any specific level, the needs of the locality and entire nation won't be met. There must be some balance between individual autonomy and coordination between states. Those cities look fantastic too.

@AndyS789 2 жыл бұрын

Well, real communism means no governments at all, and China hasn't practiced communism for decades, so.... Anyway, best wishes to the Greater Bay Area.

@Vincent_de_Paul 2 жыл бұрын

In real communism, the community owns the means of production.

@igibon8 2 жыл бұрын

China is so centralized with politic and state owned economy, I really don’t think any individual in China will wish to stay in the country just to contribute to CCP.

@JewTube001 2 жыл бұрын

real communism doesn't exist.

@gameinformer4045 2 жыл бұрын

@@igibon8 most Chinese are satisfied with the CCP. The country is better off than it's ever been

@philjchow 2 жыл бұрын

Workers living in one city where cost of living is cheaper & working in another is already happening in the GBA. While staying in BP International Hotel #bpih in Hong Kong, a worker there told me she lived in Shenzhen & rode the high speed rail from Shenzhen to work in HK.

@lcW-xn4pu 2 жыл бұрын

Correct. Also every day in the morning you see hundreds of little kids crossing the border at LoWu or LokMaChow from Shenzhen complete in their school uniforms and backpacks just to got to school in HK. And at late afternoon they all cross the border again to go home in SZ

@michellaneous3364 2 жыл бұрын

literally, in chinese school, we learned about how people would live in shenzhen and then drive to work in hong kong

@surrenddermoodi4150 2 жыл бұрын

China's poorest village is more developed than my richest indian city .

@bhagatrishit486 2 жыл бұрын

China richest city Hong Kong has a gdp of 407 billion while india richest city mumbai has gdp of 300 billion Your statistics are wrong and inaccurate, pls correct them and use 2021 data

@eongpinlee 2 жыл бұрын

@@bhagatrishit486 Hong Kong ranked 6th in China's highest GDP city, pls use 2021 data

@abdhfhhffh 2 жыл бұрын

@@bhagatrishit486 china gdp 17 trillion dollars ind 3 trillion.... Have some shame before writing

@bhagatrishit486 2 жыл бұрын

@@eongpinlee I used the 2020 ccp census for it , so accurately my data is correct

@andrewondon 2 жыл бұрын

India already has all the recipes for success. It's the best time to be alive

@InsaneokYT 2 жыл бұрын

Ekkk, might have to immigrate back to China after this one

@RUTHLESSambition5 2 жыл бұрын

China is playing chess and the world is playing checkers. Watching the Hing Kong people walk in in blonde wigs is SO EMBARRASSING to them smh

@irritatedanglosaxon1705 2 жыл бұрын

Incorrect... Chinese playing Weiqi, while rest of world only playing chess

@muse2182 2 жыл бұрын

@@irritatedanglosaxon1705 incorrect. The Chinese are playing 3d weiqi.

@MrHuofeng 2 жыл бұрын

Lawyers or what so over, look like lambs to me with those wigs placed by their colonial master

@Cosmo1093 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrHuofeng They're judges. The wigs are silly, but the British legacy of "common law" is ultimately why Hong Kong and Singapore are the preferred locations for international arbitration in Asia. International contracts involving companies in Asia almost always specify that arbitration will happen in Hong Kong or Singapore, rather than mainland China, Japan, or South Korea. And with China's growing influence over Hong Kong, more and more companies are excluding Hong Kong from legal contracts and shifting to Singapore instead.

@gmailgmail1010 2 жыл бұрын

@@irritatedanglosaxon1705 now US is playing Wuziqi against China.

@bellybutton6138 2 жыл бұрын

to produce a bigger cake so everyone has a share

@ebonymaw8457 2 жыл бұрын

I hope this works, sounds like great times are ahead

@maddyc503 2 жыл бұрын

this is so awesome.

@sidoniafaibis3962 2 жыл бұрын

Great !!!👏🇹🇩♥️

@okonkwokingsley3334 2 жыл бұрын

Impressive

@hhydar883 2 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile in my so called democratic country, corruption is rampant and people are dying of hunger every day.

@AndrewManook 2 жыл бұрын

India?

@WilliamFang173 2 жыл бұрын

The GBA is basically the size of a medium to large country.

@semiramisubw4864 2 жыл бұрын

i dont know how big it is compared to my country, but the population is slightly higher than here in germany.

@jasonhu7995 2 жыл бұрын

First switch to the right hand traffic system.

@mrmike2978 2 жыл бұрын

In my experience, when 2 cities are under 200km apart, people can drive in under 2 hours between them, and then are more happy to do so. I think the cities here are further apart.

@thecomment9489 2 жыл бұрын

China's HSR trains can cover 200 kms in like 30-40 minutes.

@kasurottv5603 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@mikicerise6250 2 жыл бұрын

Greater Bay Area? I call it Coruscant. ;)

@terrwu5707 2 жыл бұрын

Of course there will be challenges. But I see more opporunities than challenges.

@williamduke1756 2 жыл бұрын

You can't completely integrate cities with completely different political and social systems. A project like this naturally means that Hong Kong will lose its special status altogether.

@semiramisubw4864 2 жыл бұрын

not necessarly. The problem is that HK and macau have their own legal systems, passports, currencys. Some of those needs to be abolished to make it easier to drive to other citys. One currency and passport should be the norm.

@georgebrantley776 2 жыл бұрын

@@semiramisubw4864 There will undoubtedly be civil unrest. Assimilation inevitably erodes culture and autonomy, and many Hong Kongers don't want that.

@timothywanjiku23 2 жыл бұрын

That's the plan... due to HK 2019 demonstration I as(Chinese govt) would weaken HK and make a better state richer to reduce their...... Anyway it can work the Chinese people seem to go along well with each other ...which is beautiful

@dracoii1147 2 жыл бұрын

Combined gdp of 1.7 trillion? That’s less than Tokyo and New York

@lq9734 2 жыл бұрын

that's like comparing Shanghai with Osaka...

@Jack-mf5lw 2 жыл бұрын

also they compared an area as big as the Netherlands to San Francisco... like bruh I get it you're optimistic but that's a bit too optimistic

@AndrewManook 2 жыл бұрын

GDP Nominal, not real GDP, their real GDP would be somewhere around $4 trillion.

@hansnoor9637 2 жыл бұрын

This isntraight up Dreed universe. Can't wait!

@ste6826 2 жыл бұрын

This isn’t really a grand plan but rather an overview of the GBA with different strengths/ characteristics. Lots of new architecture and infrastructure but what about the people who live there, what do they want? Do the people there want a greater say in how their super-metropolis is run? Does the government respect their differences of opinion?

@kenogu436 2 жыл бұрын

Map of the GBA looks like a dog running 😂

@greaterbayareahero1401 2 жыл бұрын

This vision requires great leadership and I support this fully. There are a number of GBA around the world but by definition China's GBA will be the biggest in the world. Leadership needs to bring business incentives in the key GBA areas. The quality of life in the GBA is getting better and better. I hope they get there within 5 years but I see great improvements already and we should push more to get the China GBA the best in the world!!!

@texajp1946 2 жыл бұрын

Keep rising China, salute from comrade in usa

@SAVE_CONSTITUTION_DEMOCRACY 2 жыл бұрын

Bhagwa hindutva bots is coming 😂🙏

@d33pNacho 2 жыл бұрын

As an european I find reports like this on China's progress fascinating. I hope that in the future they progress as well in terms of freedom. For the moment, I can only be amazed by their continuous achievements and the ignorance of the biggest part of the western world about them.