Wartime Refuge Cities List

Chengdu, Changsha, Guilin, Guiyang, Kunming—if that day ever comes, these southwestern inland cities are the optimal choices.
Why? Geography determines destiny. Guangxi has high mountains and dense forests, with strong agricultural self-sufficiency capabilities; the Chengdu Basin has natural barriers and has historically been a strategic rear area. These cities are far from coastlines and outside the first strike zone; they lack major military facilities and won't become priority targets.
In contrast, places with air force bases clustered beside provincial capitals, or coastal economic centers, are actually high-risk zones in wartime. Modern warfare relies on precision strikes, and military nodes are the bullseyes.
The survival logic for ordinary people is simple: the farther from strategic objectives the better, the more abundant natural resources the better, the more complex the terrain the safer. The southwestern mountains happen to combine all three.
This isn't unnecessary worry, but rather risk awareness. Making worst-case plans during peacetime is the responsible attitude toward one's family.