Chaozhou / 潮州

Chaozhou is one of the three modern city-level anchors of Chaoshan / 潮汕 in No.205 ⛵️ 潮汕往事：侨批、经济特区和没有等来的深圳奇迹. The episode uses it less as a standalone city story than as part of the historical Chaozhou prefecture and the 1991 division of the old Shantou region.

Its role in the source is to clarify scale. Before the split, the larger Shantou/Chaoshan area could be discussed as one regional economy; after the split, Shantou / 汕头, Chaozhou, and Jieyang / 揭阳 gained separate administration but also faced Regional Administrative Fragmentation and weaker coordinated infrastructure planning.

Connections

• Chaoshan / 潮汕, Shantou / 汕头, and Jieyang / 揭阳 — regional comparison set.
• Regional Administrative Fragmentation — institutional issue highlighted by the source.
• Chaoshan Maritime Commercial Culture and Qiaopi Remittance Networks — broader regional historical context.