Kunshan

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footnotes = Kunshan (zh-spw|s=昆山|p=Kūnshān|w=K'un-shan) is a satellite city in the greater Suzhou region that is administratively at the county-level in southeast Jiangsu, China, just outside Shanghai. It currently ranks as the most economically successful county-level administration in China. In 2007 the GDP totalled 115.2 billion yuan (ca. US$15 billion), an increase of 20.5% from 2006. The GDP per capita reached over 101,000 yuan (US$13,424).

Kunshan is culturally significant as the origin of "Kunshan diao", the melody which ultimately evolved into Kunqu, China's oldestFact|date=May 2008 extant theatre art. Kunshan is the birthplace of one of China's most well known ancient opera styles.Gifford, Rob. "Things Flow." "China Road". 34.]

It is known as the birthplace of Fei Junlong, Gong Xian, An Wang, and Soong Ching-ling.Fact|date=September 2008

As of 2006 the city is locally known as "Little Taipei" due to the influx of businessmen from the Republic of China.Gifford, Rob. "Things Flow." "China Road". 35.]

It is also home to the iPod Touch factory, a division of Apple. All new iPod Touches will be delivered from there. Also, Hewlett Packard delivers their laptop series from there.

References

External links

* [http://www.jiangsu.net/city/city.php?name=kunshan Kunshan City English guide] (Jiangsu.NET)
* [http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/3709733.html Kunshan Leaps to the Head of China's Top 10 Richest Counties (People's Daily/Renminwang)] http://www.people.com.cn