The East Is Rising

Meet the 29 Chinese cities powering global growth.

BY ELIAS GROLL | SEPT/OCT 2012

Shenyang: In 1986, Shenyang became the first mainland Chinese city after the 1949 communist takeover to open a securities market and the first to allow a company to go bankrupt. Above, investors watch the electronic display board at a stock exchange in Shenyang in October 2009. 

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Elias Groll is an editorial assistant at Foreign Policy.