From Reuters via the Washington Post (link)
The billboards that line the road from the airport to the center of this metropolis in China’s southwest proclaim as soon as you arrive that the country’s property boom has spread firmly to the interior.
Touting housing developments like “Venice Impression” and “Dream Town,” they are as ubiquitous as the cranes and frames of high-rises covering the hills on the outskirts of this gateway to the west, which not long ago were only dotted with villages.
Once a scene reserved for eastern cities like Beijing and Shanghai, they testify to a transformation overtaking China’s second-tier cities, as investment in factories and infrastructure brings in jobs and raises incomes.
