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Why China Is Moving Hundreds Of Mountains In Lanzhou New Area

March 3, 2019 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

Removing mountain tops in Lanzhou New Area. (Photo by the author)

“Four years ago, all mountains,” my local driver Li Wang said as we putted slowly forward in his diminutive, beaten and battered old Japanese car … [Read more...]

Filed Under: China, China's Ghost Cities, New Silk Road Tagged With: China Construction, China Development, China Housing Market, Gansu Province, Lanzhou, Lanzhou New Area

Why China Builds So Many Copycat Towns

March 3, 2019 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

I once mistakenly tried to enter through the fake door of a fake Iberian restaurant next to the fake windmills of Fengcheng, Shanghai's Spanish town. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: China, China's Ghost Cities Tagged With: Changing China, China Copycat Towns, China Development, China Housing Market, Hallstatt - China

How China Populates Its Ghost Cities

March 3, 2019 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

Over the past twenty years China has constructed hundreds of new cities and districts, revamped thousands of towns, and thrown up an almost … [Read more...]

Filed Under: China, China's Ghost Cities Tagged With: Changing China, China Development, China Housing Market, Real Estate, Shanghai

What Will Become of China’s New Air Pollution Consciousness?

April 14, 2015 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: China, Pollution Tagged With: Air Pollution, China Air Pollution

A Wake Up Call from the New Chinese Counterculture

April 7, 2015 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: China, Chinese Counterculture Tagged With: Chinese Culture

While China Destroys its Historic Buildings Taiwan Saves Them

April 7, 2015 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: China, History, Taiwan Tagged With: Historic Preservation, Kinmen

5 Chinese Ghost Cities that Came Alive

April 7, 2015 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: China, China's Ghost Cities, Cities and Urban Development Tagged With: Changzhou, Dantu, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Zhengzhou

Stampede on the Bund: An Eyewitness Account of Shanghai’s New Year’s Tragedy

January 9, 2015 by Andrew J. Shainker 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, Current Events Tagged With: bund, China, new years, Shanghai

11 Chinese Cities That Are Built on What Was Once Water

December 22, 2014 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, Lists, Urbanization Tagged With: China Development, Land Reclamation

Cosplay in China

October 10, 2014 by Mitch Blatt Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Art and Music, Articles, China, Culture and Society Tagged With: Chinese Culture, cosplay, Nanjing

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