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Culture shock (lemmy.world)
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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

I mean, it's still a largely rural country, I imagine in the majority of the country (geographically) people or their neighbors raise the chickens that lay the eggs they eat

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    I mean, it’s still a largely rural country

    Not so. Wikipedia has a decent article but here's the crux of it:

    By the end of 2023, China had an urbanization rate of 66.2% and is expected to reach 75-80% by 2035

    The cities are massive and really densely populated. Shenzhen and Guangzhou are about 90 minutes apart by car if memory serves and account for about 35M people. Hong Kong is an hour south of Shenzhen by train and that's another ~8M.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    More than a third of the country by population, especially when that population is in the billions, is still pretty large. Not majority rural obviously, but still a large percentage.

    But I was speaking geographically. Isn't half the country almost completely empty? Or am I confusing something I read somewhere?

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