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Kunshan is a satellite city in the greater Suzhou region that is administratively at the county-level in southeast Jiangsu, China, just outside Shanghai. It currently ranks as the most economically successful county-level administration in China. It is culturally significant as the origin of Kunshan diao, the melody which ultimately evolved into Kunqu, China's oldest extant theatre art.
It is known as the birthplace of Fei Junlong, Gong Xian, An Wang, and Soong Ching-ling.
As of 2006 the city is locally known as "Little Taipei" due to the influx of businessmen from the Republic of China.
