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4 places to live differently

Each place comes with real, sourced metrics. Open for full depth.✨ AI summary

Schematic distribution · roughly where places sit in each region

Area

Yangshuo

阳朔

TownGuangxi

Karst peaks, riverside climbing, and China's original expat haven.

Daxin

大新

TownGuangxi

A border county home to Asia's largest transnational waterfall.

Guilin

桂林

GatewayGatewayGuangxi

China's legendary karst landscape — where limestone peaks rise straight from the river

Shantou

汕头

CityGuangdong

Arcaded streets, midnight congee, and the homeland of the Teochew diaspora