Why do so many people dream of Guangdong? Go to Beijing, and everyone you meet seems to have a stronger background than you. If you’ve got nothing, you’ll get crushed in minutes, and you won’t even know what hit you. Go to Shanghai, where old money looks down on new money, and both look down even more on those without money. Go to Guangzhou, and people from all walks of life can live with relative dignity and respect. Even if you’re wearing a dirty construction worker’s uniform and walk into a fast-food restaurant, the staff will still call you: 'Boss, what would you like to eat?' The subway doesn’t just get built in areas where the rich live. Everyone shares the same urban villages, and you wouldn’t even know if the person walking through the gate with you is a landlord or a broke tenant.