@ShangguanJiewen

Lots of the anti-China trolls tell me I don’t show cities other than “First tier cities.”

This is Shijiazhuang. It’s a city of 11 million people, larger than New York city, and most westerners have never heard of it. It’s a second tier city and the capital of Hebei province. It ranks about 25th in China in terms of population.

And it has better infrastructure than any city in the USA:

  1. High-speed rail

  2. Fully modernized central rail hub – Shijiazhuang Railway Station was completely rebuilt in the 2010s.

  3. New airport terminals – Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport’s main terminal is far newer than JFK’s or LaGuardia’s aging ones.

  4. Digital payment integration in transit – Near-universal use of QR/mobile pay for buses and subways.

  5. Shijiazhuang’s subway stations and trains are newer and fully ADA-accessible by design.

  6. Shijiazhuang’s ring roads and arterials are newer and wider than NYC’s constrained highways.

  7. Citywide centralized heating

  8. Underground utilities – Much of the power and telecom wiring is underground in new districts, unlike NYC’s older overhead and street-pole systems.

  9. Smart city integration and central traffic monitoring

[Video: https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1969301936798130176/vid/avc1/1080x1920/umeoZpA2NU_vlzW5.mp4]

12:35 AM | Sep 20, 2025

Source: https://x.com/ShangguanJiewen/status/1969304482216624426