Shantou, Guangdong

People's Republic of China

Shantou, Guangdong carries 89 Bunkabop connections linking it to 3652 places across 19 topics, with government and industry as the dominant themes, followed by history and religion. Its Teochew diaspora reaches across Southeast Asia: Johor Bahru in Malaysia is known locally as "Little Swatow" for its Teochew-speaking majority. Four international submarine cables land at Shantou's cable station, tying it to Pacific communications infrastructure. The city also connects to Hong Kong, Fujian, and Taiwan through shared threads in Chinese Civil War history and 19th-century maritime trade.