Is Shenzhen the Real China?

I feel Shanghai is the most livable city in China, as a foreigner. I call Shanghai China light because you can do everything you want to do there. As soon as you leave Shanghai, that's when you're in the real China. That's when they don't speak much English and you have to really understand a little bit to get by. So how's your Cantonese? So Cantonese is terrible. Mandarin is okay. I just speak a little bit. Yeah, yeah. It's pretty difficult. And was it Shenzhen you went to first? What was the first city he visited? He flew into Guangzhou, went to the Canton Fair, which is