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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

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

Imported Foods: A Band Aid For China’s Contaminated Food Problem?

February 1, 2013 by Wade Shepard 8 Comments

The international food aisle is something that's becoming more and more popular in supermarkets throughout China. Where they once were obscure outside … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Changing China, China, Food Tagged With: Food in China, Food Safety, The New China

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

Christmas in China

December 27, 2012 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

I found myself standing beneath a 40 foot Santa Claus puppet in the streets of Taizhou's bar district. It was dancing Gangnam style. My wife was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Celebrations, Changing China, China, Culture and Society Tagged With: Christmas, Christmas Shopping, New Global Culture, The New China, Western Traditions in China

Eastern China: One Big Metropolis? China’s New Cities

September 27, 2012 by Wade Shepard 5 Comments

"Around 14 years ago I went up into the tower with an urban developer and we looked south. We could see all the way to the river then, there was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Changing China, China, Globalization, Urbanization Tagged With: The New China

China’s Traffic Crisis is a Population Density Problem

September 10, 2012 by Wade Shepard 4 Comments

From Guangzhou to Beijing, Shanghai to Chengdu, there is one common crisis: traffic. The rapidly rising number of personal automobiles on the roads of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Changing China, China, Globalization, Urbanization Tagged With: Automobiles, The New 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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