These new stores are all sensible locations, except for Dalian. Shenzhen and Guangzhou are two of the richest cities in the country. C=
Dalian apparently has a growing IT industry. One of Intel's fabs are located there.
Still the city has 6 million people, more people than most US cities.
Is 'China proper' what people officially call Mainland China?
"Technically" two governments use the name China... People's Republic of China (Mainland Communist China) and Republic of China (Taiwan).
Both I think agree that China refers to both the Mainland and the Island of Taiwan. Who controls what is and who has the right to the name China is a messy affair due to the civil war in the 50s. But internationally including the United States have viewed the mainland communist government as the defacto rulers of "China" and the sole legitimate government of China. I personally would like to see all of China reunited - but only after Mainland China develops to the same levels as Hong Kong and Taiwan and develop the same sense of individual rights and freedoms.
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