Originally Posted by
moondog
This is now my 4th "5 year plan" in China, and I've started to notice the pattern. In the late 90s, Shanghai got all of the love (60% of the world's construction equipment). Between 2001 and 2008, Beijing received the same favor... bolstered by the Olympics, of course.
well.. it's the 12th "5 year plan" currently..
your "favor" theory sounds a bit far-fetched.. Shanghai held Expo in 2010 too and the scale of construction in Shanghai before the Expo was just beyond imagination. The Bund was basically shut down for an overhaul style construction.
Originally Posted by
moondog
Between 2008 and the recent NPC, funds were largely directed to national infrastructure, but Guangxi started to draw serious attention about 1 year ago, and is now front and center. By way of example, a certain airline that recently started service between its home base and Shanghai was only able to do so because it initiated Nanning service first.
well.. again, put guangxi in the "front and center" of China may overdo it somewhat. guanxi's neighbor, guangdong is always the focus of China by any means, anyone else in southwest China hardly draws attention.. except Chongqing under Bo Xilai.