Originally Posted by
benzemalyonnais
Some Tianjin locals consider it to be Tier 1 . I think most of us just say ok, SH BJ GZ SZ tier 1. Then Chengdu, Nanjing, maybe Tianjin and Chongqing and Wuhan, and the rest 3 or below. TJ ren are all too rich for their own good, but the development of the city is not on par with any of the others IMO.
Some china locals would also say that Taiwan is a province...
We-chat has a blog on this Tier 1-2-3-4, they break the Tier 2 cities as; strong, medium, & weak. IMO, Qingdao, ( QD) is also a strong Tier 2 city, but not one of the capitol cities, & Ningbo a medium Tier 2.