This one makes no sense to me, though there must be a reason (and, I won't rule out fabricated data... possibly to make up for make up for the short fall that I'm convinced exists in the wealthy areas)
Changsha is a kind of a boom town... you could almost call it China's Hollywood
I'm not really sure, but this doesn't surprise me so much. I've never seen much abject poverty during my travels there.
oil
coal (this one's a no brainer)
no first hand experiences
ditto
Where's that?
surrounding the capital is a good thing
Nanning:
-low cost everything
-decent universities
-helpful government
-HSR being developed to both Shenzhen and Viet Nam border