China makes, the world takes. This is the catchphrase of our time, the commercial layout of our era, and the place where this "making" is happening … [Read more...]
Eastern China: One Big Metropolis? China’s New Cities
"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...]
China’s Traffic Crisis is a Population Density Problem
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...]
Traditional Communities Demolished as China Modernizes
"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...]