Dongguan city is just North of Shenzhen, yet it is a different city in nearly every respect. As I pointed out last week, there is no real center. Dongguan is composed of 32 towns that are quite spread out (going from one side of Dongguan to the opposite side takes more than an hour by car). Some will say there is a downtown area (Dongcheng, Nancheng) where renting an apartment is about as expensive as in downtown Guangzhou or Shenzhen. Yet I don't consider it as Dongguan's … [Read more...]