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Fenghuang: Another Ancient Chinese Tourist Trap

September 2, 2013 by Wade Shepard 13 Comments

Fenghuang is what happens when China doesn't destroy its ancient cities. In 2001, Fenghuang, a county in the far west of Hunan province, was a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, Culture and Society, Hunan, Miao Culture, Tourism Tagged With: China Economic Development, Fenghuang, Tourism Development

China’s Manhattan Knock-Off Aspires To Be Bigger And Better Than The Real Thing

April 3, 2013 by Wade Shepard 4 Comments

"You are building Manhattan," I joked with a group of construction workers in what is becoming Tianjin's new financial district. He nodded his head … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture Knock Offs, China, China's Ghost Cities, Urbanization Tagged With: China Economic Development, China's Knock-Off Architecture, The New China, Tianjin, Yujiapu

A Journey To China’s Largest Ghost City

March 29, 2013 by Wade Shepard 63 Comments

"We discovered that the most populated country on earth is building houses, districts, and cities with no one in them," began a report on 60 Minutes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: China's Ghost Cities, Development, Urbanization Tagged With: China Economic Development, Henan Province, The New China, Zhengdong, Zhengzhou

Welcome To Xinyang,The Chinese Ghost City That’s Not Even Built Yet

March 22, 2013 by Wade Shepard 3 Comments

A massive exhibition center stood vacant next to an equally desolate museum and theater, forests of high-rises reached up into the sky but sheltered … [Read more...]

Filed Under: China, China's Ghost Cities, Urbanization Tagged With: China Economic Development, Xinyang

Not Deserted! This Chinese Ghost City Is Peopled

March 9, 2013 by Wade Shepard 4 Comments

There were people in that city. There were walking on the sidewalks, driving cars, riding electric bicycles, talking on mobile phones, slurping … [Read more...]

Filed Under: China, China's Ghost Cities, Urbanization Tagged With: China Economic Development, Dantu, The New China, Zhenjiang

New South China Mall: An Update On The World’s Largest (Ghost) Mall

January 6, 2013 by Wade Shepard 19 Comments

They were going for a monument, and a monument was what they got. At first, the New South China Mall was a monument to China's new consumer culture … [Read more...]

Filed Under: China, China's Ghost Cities, Urbanization Tagged With: China Economic Development, Dongguan, New South China Mall, Shopping, Shopping Malls, The New China

A Visit to Hallstatt, China: An Austrian Village Cloned

December 31, 2012 by Wade Shepard 4 Comments

I descended a hill and rounded a bend, said hello a security guard decked out in some kind of Germanic military uniform, then walked out onto a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Architecture Knock Offs, China, Strange News Tagged With: China Economic Development, Guangdong Province, Hallstatt - China, Western Traditions in China

Traditional Communities Demolished as China Modernizes

May 4, 2012 by Wade Shepard 2 Comments

"It's not a simple right or wrong, it's a whole new way of thinking." -Edward Burtynsky, from Manufactured Landscapes on the industrialization of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, Globalization Tagged With: China Economic Development, Chinese Culture, Chinese Transitions, The New China

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