Demographics: Look beyond China's tiers
Tim SchlickDDB China
Marketers struggling to grasp China's demographics must avoid simplistic findings and over-reliance on city tiers. The truth is far more complex.
China is massive. It is roughly the size of the US but with a population more than four times larger. It consists of 22 provinces, has eight official languages, a population of 1.3 billion people and 25 cities with a population of more than three million. Diverse in terms of economic development, culture and living conditions, to say China is a complex market is something of an understatement.
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