Here is something that Western media will never tell you.

Guangdong is a province of China.

It has a GDP that is over $1 trillion. For this its GDP is greater than many nation states:

http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0222/c90000-9181342.html 

Jiangsu province matched the GDP of Mexico. 

Shandong province pulled even with that of Indonesia;

The province of Henan had a GDP greater than the economy of Argentina, the 21st largest economy in the world.