Do you agree with "Tier 1 cities of China are more advanced than Tokyo or Seoul" take?
 
你同意“中國(guó)一線城市比東京或首爾更先進(jìn)”這個(gè)說(shuō)法嗎?
 
The last time I visited a Tier 1 city was Beijing in late 2019, just before the COVID-19 pandemic struck. So maybe I got a bit outdated in 5 years, because I was surprised by a comment from another redditor:
>I don’t know why you’re being downvoted Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, and even not so large cities like xiamen etc. are **far more advanced than anywhere else in the world**. The only City I’d rate more developed than the large cities in China is Singapore, which is still definitely #1
Essentially, his take is that only Singapore is better than the Tier 1 cities of China, and even Tier 2 xiamen(???). Which means by his logic, Tokyo and Seoul are "less advanced" than the Tier 1 cities of China. I did some profile stalking and found that it was "western tankies" that I was arguing with.
But now I wonder what actual Chinese people think about how advanced their Tier-1 cities have become compared to the top cities of developed Asia? Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo, Taipei. Maybe HK(?), but I have a weird perception of HK: it is a vibrant city to visit, but a weird taxation system through the municipal land sale hinders QoL.
 
我上一次去一線城市還是2019年底,就在新冠疫情爆發(fā)前。所以可能五年過(guò)去了,我的看法有點(diǎn)過(guò)時(shí)了,因?yàn)槲冶涣硪晃籖eddit網(wǎng)友的評(píng)論給驚到了:
“我不知道你為什么被踩。上海、北京、廣州,甚至像廈門(mén)這樣不那么大的城市都**比世界上任何其他地方要先進(jìn)得多**。唯一我覺(jué)得比中國(guó)大城市更發(fā)達(dá)的只有新加坡,它絕對(duì)是第一名?!?br /> 基本上,他的觀點(diǎn)是只有新加坡比中國(guó)一線城市更好,甚至廈門(mén)(???)這個(gè)二線城市都比別處強(qiáng)。按他的邏輯,這意味著東京和首爾比中國(guó)一線城市“落后”。我翻了翻他的資料,發(fā)現(xiàn)和我爭(zhēng)論的是個(gè)“西方tankie”(西方國(guó)家的極左翼親中人士)。
但現(xiàn)在我想知道,真正的中國(guó)人是怎么看待他們的一線城市與亞洲發(fā)達(dá)地區(qū)頂級(jí)城市(新加坡、首爾、東京、臺(tái)北)相比的先進(jìn)程度呢?或許還有香港(特區(qū))(?)不過(guò)我對(duì)香港(特區(qū))的看法有點(diǎn)奇怪:它是一個(gè)充滿活力的旅游城市,但通過(guò)賣(mài)地形成的奇怪稅收體系阻礙了生活質(zhì)量。