"Within a year, we got a grip on the market and soon opened up representative offices in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Wuhan and Shenyang, " says Mickey's Corner general manager William Chang.

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Fortunately, I had an opportunity to do just that last week while on a bit of a road show in Shanghai, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Wuxi, Ningbo and Hangzhou with one of our clients.

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Though still interested in Wuhan, Wharf is now focusing on property development in Shanghai, Beijing and other major cities.

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Kejian also focuses on second-tier Chinese cities such as Wuhan, Chengdu and Shijiazhuang, leaving the biggest markets Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou to the global leaders.

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Foreign firms should establish long-term interaction with leading Chinese faculty at Chinese universities, from top-rated Beijing University to Tsinghua to Fudan (in Shanghai) to other colleges in Tianjin, Dalian, Nanjing, Wuhan, Xiamen and Guangdong.

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