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Contents
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. Setting the Scene....................................7
The China Picture.......................................................................................8
Shanghai & the YRD in Perspective..............................................17
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. Provinces and cities of the YRD......... 25
SHANGHAI...................................................................................................26
JIANGSU PROVINCE................................................................................33
Changzhou............................................................................................................40
Nanjing.....................................................................................................................44
Suzhou.....................................................................................................................48
Changshu...............................................................................................................52
Kunshan...................................................................................................................54
Taicang.....................................................................................................................56
Wuxi...........................................................................................................................58
Yangzhou................................................................................................................62
ZHEJIANG PROVINCE.............................................................................66
Hangzhou...............................................................................................................73
Ningbo.....................................................................................................................77
Wenzhou.................................................................................................................81
ANHUI PROVINCE....................................................................................85
Hefei...........................................................................................................................92
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. Establishing Business.......................... 97
Setting up in China.................................................................................98
Business Taxes.........................................................................................106
Development Zones...........................................................................110
Appendix, Directory, References............................................................121
Glossary of Terms.............................................................................................127