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China to Create Largest Mega City in the World with 42 Million People

The Telegraph reports on a plan proposed by Chinese urban planners to combine the nine cities of the Pearl River Delta into the world’s largest metropolis: The “Turn The Pearl River Delta Into One” scheme will create a 16,000 sq mile urban area that is 26 times larger geographically than Greater London, or twice the size of Wales. The new mega-city will cover a large part of China