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Increased immigration of people from China (already pretty heavy), increase in business due to trade and commerce.
LA, San Francisco, and Seattle will probably benefit the most since they're the biggest cities on the West Coast. LA and SF in particular have huge Chinese/Chinese-American populations, which encourages people from China to select those metropolitan areas when they decide to emigrate.
Logistically, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego in no particular order are set to gain the most. Withing SF having ~30% of it's population being Chinese not hurting one bit. I believe LA has more sheer #s though.
Increased immigration of people from China (already pretty heavy), increase in business due to trade and commerce.
LA, San Francisco, and Seattle will probably benefit the most since they're the biggest cities on the West Coast. LA and SF in particular have huge Chinese/Chinese-American populations, which encourages people from China to select those metropolitan areas when they decide to emigrate.
But do you feel that these Chinese immigrants will now come to invest in these cities since the wealthy Chinese class has skyrocketed?
California is the largest exporter to China, sending $9.7 billion worth of goods and commodities to the country, in 2009, followed by Washington, at $9.1 billion. Texas and Louisiana also exported more than $5 billion worth of products to China in 2009.
The city where changes (economic and otherwise) from the trans-Pacific China trade are most apparent is Vancouver. Relative to its size, China-influenced or China-driven construction projects (including port expansions) have reshaped the face of the area more than anywhere else on the west coast, and it is quite interesting to see.
California is the largest exporter to China, sending $9.7 billion worth of goods and commodities to the country, in 2009, followed by Washington, at $9.1 billion. Texas and Louisiana also exported more than $5 billion worth of products to China in 2009.
I have a feeling those numbers will start to drop for the exception of some raw materials, China will become more and more self reliant IMO and become even more of an exporter than it already is.
How will the rise of China affect the Pacific rim of the United States in the future? What cities will most benefit from the Chinese economy?
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