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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

Batam: Portrait of a Free Trade Zone

April 7, 2015 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

Batam is a free trade zone, and all free trade zones are the same. They are artificial places, created through bi-lateral governmental decrees drawn … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Indonesia, Travel Stories Tagged With: Batam, Free Trade Zone

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

Jeepneys in the Philippines

January 3, 2015 by Wade Shepard 5 Comments

The streets of the Philippines are dominated by brazenly colored, heavily ornamented, black exhaust smoke belching, military jeep inspired vehicles. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Bus Travel, Culture and Society, Philippines, Transportation Tagged With: Baguio, Jeepneys, Manila, Philippines Culture, Philippines Transportation, Top Feature

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

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