Due to it being the hub of the Pearl River Delta, Guangzhou (Canton) should be China's most prosperous city.
Canton is also very close to Hong Kong.
The Maoist haven't a fuckin clue what they're doing, they never did. The only reason they are still in power, they pamper the military.
The original Maoists and maybe still true to-day were from the north and spoke Mandarin and not Cantonese. (My university roommate's family is from the south.)