GRANDIOSE development projects are so numerous in China that superlatives have been exhausted. But the “Greater Bay Area” scheme, embracing a large chunk of Guangdong province as well as the neighbouring enclaves of Hong Kong and Macau, deserves a special mention. Chinese officials tout it as a “megacity cluster” in the making, which will surpass the bays of San Francisco and Tokyo in economic might. In his speech at the congress of China’s ruling Communist Party in October, President Xi Jinping said the project, involving big spending on transport links, would be a national “priority”. But there is grumbling in Hong Kong.
The former British colony is already well connected with the Chinese mainland by road, rail, sea and air. Next year it will have two new links that will make travel even easier: a 40km-long bridge joining Hong Kong, the mainland and Macau; and a high-speed rail service between Hong Kong and Guangzhou,...Continue reading
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