Dalian, snapshot of a typical Chinese city.

AgExporter | August 1, 1999| | Copyright

If reports of the astonishing economic growth and progress in Shanghai have colored your picture of city life in the People's Republic of China, it's time to flip channels for a moment.

Just as visitors to Los Angeles or New York City may return to their homelands with an imperfect impression of U.S. cities, knowledge of Shanghai's consumer market may not carry over to other important Chinese cities.

A case in point is the contrast between Shanghai and Dalian, an important port city of 5.4 million in northeast China.

Both are, by Chinese standards, ...

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