According to the stratification methodology of the National Bureau of Statistics of China, cities and counties/districts belonging to Guangdong province are classified as either big cities (population >500,000), middle and small cities (population <50,0000), I rural areas and II rural areas [ 27].
My former students, most of whom teach at middle schools in small cities, are also of this generation.
In addition, many lead-polluting industries have migrated from large cities to middle-size and small cities and to rural areas, often from eastern China to western China.
A building on the property, in the middle of the small city, is a popular venue for public and private events, such as weddings and holiday festivals.
Clowes extends it to realms of middle-class comedy, set in small cities, with admixtures of the surreal and the gaudily neurotic — "Peanuts" with grievous tics.
Unlike the 2009 Green Movement that brought to the fore deep expressions of discontent with the Islamic Republic by the urban middle classes, these protests erupted from small cities, rural areas and remote villages across the country before spreading to other parts of the country.
The Korean translations of PedsQL™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales were administered to schoolchildren ages 8 18 and their parents in 60 classes (28 elementary school classes, 16 middle school classes, and 16 high school classes) at 5 elementary schools, 5 middle schools, and 4 high schools within two small cities, two metropolitan cities, and a capital city.
Large metropolises may have entire small cities that are unsafe for middle- or upper-class travellers (Compton, CA or Newark, NJ, for instance).
"Within urban areas we will also begin to see India's middle tier and smaller cities begin to emerge as increasingly attractive markets with substantial number of middle class customers".
The development of small cities dominated the process of urbanization in China from 1992 to 2002, and large, middle and small cities develop dominantly from 2002 to 2012.
LOVE it or loathe it, even middle America's smallest cities have a Strip: a blaze of neon signs leading towards the centre of town.
