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China’s Disposable Cities

August 4, 2014 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

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Throughout China, the old is being replaced by the new and the new is being replaced by the newer in a continuous round of entropy that has virtually … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, Cities and Urban Development Tagged With: Changing China, China Construction, China Corruption, Demolition, Hongqiao, Shanghai

What Becomes of China’s Ghost Cities

August 1, 2014 by Wade Shepard

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It was a normal outlaying area of a normal small city in the east of China. There was nothing about it that a passerby would find overtly peculiar, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, China's Ghost Cities, Cities and Urban Development, Travel Stories Tagged With: Tiantai, Urban Development, Zhejiang Province

Nanhui, China’s Unbelievable Ghost City on the Coast

June 20, 2014 by Wade Shepard 6 Comments

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The first thing that many visitors to Shanghai will see is a ghost city. If you look down out of the window when flying into Shanghai's Pudong airport … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, China's Ghost Cities, Urbanization Tagged With: China Development, China Urbanization, Nanhui, Shanghai, Shanghai New Towns, Urbanization

Look Inside China’s Medical City

May 29, 2014 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

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China Medical City (CMC) is a place whose name is in no way a misnomer. In 2005, a 30 square kilometer area north just of the Yangtze River between … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, Urbanization

The Myth of China’s Big and Crowded Cities

February 24, 2014 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

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I looked out over a flat, wide-open landscape of farmland, fallow fields, and dirt lots stretching far into the distance. A small brick shack was to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, Cities and Urban Development, Urbanization Tagged With: China Urbanization, Chongqing, Hulunbuir, Shanghai, Urban Development

Can Chinese Shopping Malls Become Centers of Culture?

February 19, 2014 by Wade Shepard 1 Comment

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Imagine if you didn't just go to the mall to shop. Imagine if shopping malls were places full of museum-like exhibits, performances, cultural shows, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, Culture and Society, Urbanization Tagged With: Changing China, Chinese Culture, Chinese Urbanization, Consumer Culture, Shopping Malls

What Life is Like Inside A Shanghai Migrant Worker Village

February 18, 2014 by Wade Shepard 1 Comment

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“They are like deserters from village life and lonely birds in the city.” -Li Jiuxin, Tsinghua University Walking on the scaffolding stacked up the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, Culture and Society Tagged With: China, Inequality in China, Migrant Workers, Migrant Workers in China, Nanhui, Shanghai

The Bermuda Triangle of the East Mystery Continues

February 9, 2014 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

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Ships sink in the Laoye Temple waters. Lots of them. This is a phenomenon that has been happening since ancient time, thousands of fishing boats, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, History, Mystery Tagged With: Bermuda Triangle, China, Chinese History, Laoye Temple, Poyang Lake, Shipwrecks, Underwater Archaeology

What Happens When China’s Largest Lake Disappears

February 7, 2014 by Wade Shepard

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It's rarely ever a good sign when a boat is marooned in an expanse of mud, far from the shores of any navigable body of water. But this ominous scene … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, Environment Tagged With: China, China Environment, Drought, Jiangxi Province, Lakes, Poyang Lake

Why I’m Thankful for the Twigs, Cocoons, and Cicada Moltings in my Soup

January 7, 2014 by Wade Shepard 1 Comment

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Around three months ago I was overtaken with an odd sort of illness. The symptoms were along the lines of too many different ailments to provide any … [Read more...]

Filed Under: China, Medical Care Tagged With: Chinese Culture, Medical Care In China, Traditional Chinese Medicine

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