The East Is Rising

Meet the 29 Chinese cities powering global growth.

BY ELIAS GROLL | SEPT/OCT 2012

Nanjing: By 2015, Nanjing's province, Jiangsu, is expected to account for 35 percent of ship production in China, which is the world's second-largest shipbuilder after South Korea. This year, Nanjing shipbuilders won a contract to build the Titanic II, a modern replica of the ill-fated vessel that is scheduled to make its maiden voyage from London to New York in 2016. Above, Chinese workers construct a large ship at a shipyard in Nanjing in November 2009.

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Elias Groll is an editorial assistant at Foreign Policy.