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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

Fengcheng: Shanghai’s Quixotic Spanish Town

August 7, 2014 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

There was something Quixotic about that place, which was perhaps appropriate as I was standing before a row of giant, mock windmills. They used to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, China's Ghost Cities, Urbanization Tagged With: Architecture Copycatting, Fengcheng Shanghai, Fengxian Shanghai, One City Nine Towns, Shanghai, Western Architecture, Western Architecture in China

Nanhui, China’s Unbelievable Ghost City on the Coast

June 20, 2014 by Wade Shepard 6 Comments

The first thing that many visitors to Shanghai will see is a ghost city. If you look down out of the window when flying into Shanghai's Pudong airport … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, China's Ghost Cities, Urbanization Tagged With: China Development, China Urbanization, Nanhui, Shanghai, Shanghai New Towns, Urbanization

Look Inside China’s Medical City

May 29, 2014 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

China Medical City (CMC) is a place whose name is in no way a misnomer. In 2005, a 30 square kilometer area north just of the Yangtze River between … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, Urbanization

The Myth of China’s Big and Crowded Cities

February 24, 2014 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

I looked out over a flat, wide-open landscape of farmland, fallow fields, and dirt lots stretching far into the distance. A small brick shack was to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, Cities and Urban Development, Urbanization Tagged With: China Urbanization, Chongqing, Hulunbuir, Shanghai, Urban Development

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

How A 4.5 Million Person City Was Named A Ghost Town

November 1, 2013 by Wade Shepard 5 Comments

Changzhou has recently been named one of 12 ghost cities in China by the China Youth Daily, which is a rather unbecoming label for a city that has a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, China's Ghost Cities, Development, Urbanization Tagged With: Changzhou, Changzhou Ghost City, Jiangsu Province, Wujin District

A Journey To China’s Italian Ghost Town

September 3, 2013 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

I walked clear through Shanghai's Italian town without knowing it. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but the overtly institutional, strictly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Articles, China, China's Ghost Cities, Urbanization Tagged With: Architecture Copycatting, Pujiang, Shanghai

A Look at the Largest Human Migration in History: Ecological Migrants in Guizhou, China

August 23, 2013 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

They call them ecological migrants. They are 2 million villagers from Guizhou province whose mountainous environs have been deemed unsuitable for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Changing China, China, Culture and Society, Urbanization Tagged With: Guizhou Relocation, Songtao

Shanghai’s Dutch Ghost Town

August 16, 2013 by Wade Shepard 1 Comment

"Here used to be original Asian city with lots of original style buildings. Now it has been developed and all of that is now gone. It is a pity," a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Architecture Knock Offs, Articles, China, China's Ghost Cities, Urbanization Tagged With: China, Dutch Architecture, Gaoqiao, Ghost Town, Shanghai

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