Australians: Largest City in China Without WeChat Headaches
Shanghai: the usual answer, but the real question is how you’ll live there Ask “what is the largest city in China?” and, for most travellers, students and new arrivals, the practical answer is Shanghai. It is China’s biggest urban hub by the measure most people mean: a vast, dense city where universities, offices, airports, apartment compounds, cafés and late-night noodle shops all seem to run at full tilt. There is a small catch, because China loves a boundary line almost as much as a good queue. Chongqing has a much larger municipality-level population because its administrative area covers extensive rural districts as well as built-up areas. Shanghai, meanwhile, is generally the answer when people mean the largest major urban city. For an Australian deciding where to study, work or settle, that distinction matters less than what comes next: Shanghai is enormous, fast-moving and very digital. ...