China is building the world's first $2 trillion megacity.

And it's just one of 19 planned.

China's Greater Bay Area is a national bet that megaregions, not individual cities, are the engine of the next great economy.

The linchpin is the Northern Metropolis project:

- Farmland being bulldozed for tech labs and startups
- A bridge connecting Hong Kong to Mainland China
- A $2T labour & innovation economic corridor
- 86 million people living in 11 cities

Hong Kong's role is what makes it interesting.

It brings international finance, trade, aviation and professional services into a regional stack that China alone cannot replicate.

Where capital flows next in Asia will be shaped by how fast this integration moves.

Are you watching it closely enough?

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