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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

China’s Disposable Cities

August 4, 2014 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

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

Can Chinese Shopping Malls Become Centers of Culture?

February 19, 2014 by Wade Shepard 1 Comment

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

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