If there’s one thing that unites the Chinese population it’s air pollution: it’s something that affects almost everyone. Although it may seem strange … [Read more...]
What Will Become of China’s New Air Pollution Consciousness?
A Wake Up Call from the New Chinese Counterculture
I leaned back in my seat, closed my eyes, and fell asleep. The slight vibrations sent up from the tracks below sort of rocked me. There are few things … [Read more...]
While China Destroys its Historic Buildings Taiwan Saves Them
We're told that China has a 5,000 year old civilization, but from walking down the streets of most cities the country appears to have been founded … [Read more...]
5 Chinese Ghost Cities that Came Alive
Reports of the world's most populated country having tens of millions of empty apartments and dozens of cities without people sounds like a sick twist … [Read more...]
Stampede on the Bund: An Eyewitness Account of Shanghai’s New Year’s Tragedy
I wonder what it would feel like to suffocate to death? I could imagine fear and panic would engulf your entire being until blackness falls upon your … [Read more...]
11 Chinese Cities That Are Built on What Was Once Water
Virgin urban construction land in China is like a carcass in a pit of hyenas. The feeding frenzy to gobble up and lay claim to as much develop-able … [Read more...]
Cosplay in China
Throngs of high school and college girls were lined up for half an hour or longer to see men and women dressed like cartoon characters. When the … [Read more...]
China, Taiwan One Country Two Governments is Happening
Two giant signs separate the two Chinas. Or, more precisely, the two governments of the one China. One is on Xiamen Island, PRC, the other on an … [Read more...]
The Story of Ordos Kangbashi, China’s Most Famous Ghost City
Ordos Kangbashi is a city that shocked the world. It shocked the world not because of something it had, but because of what it didn't: people. This is … [Read more...]
Fengcheng: Shanghai’s Quixotic Spanish Town
There was something Quixotic about that place, which was perhaps appropriate as I was standing before a row of giant, mock windmills. They used to … [Read more...]
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