Monthly Archives: September 2010
Thomas Friedman to America: China is Kicking Our Butt
Tianjin. Photo by Sarmu New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman was in Tianjin earlier this month for the 2010 SummerView full post »
Chengdu’s First Subway Line Set to Open
Entry shell to the new Chengdu underground metro October 1st, 2010 will be a momentous day in the Sichuan capital of Chengdu. On this day,View full post »
Architect Ole Scheeren Opens New Office in China
CCTV Building in Beijing. Photo by Fred @ SG German architect Ole Scheeren, a former partner of the Dutch firm OMA and lead designer of theView full post »
China, America, Paul Krugman
Every few months, Nobel Prize winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman writes an opinion piece lambasting China forView full post »
Happy Birthday Shenzhen: Special Economic Zone Turns 30
By now everyone knows the story of Shenzhen: a small fishing village in south China’s Guangdong Province transforms into anView full post »
Development in the Far West: Bumpy Road Ahead
Uyghur people in Xinjiang. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Marino One advantage of China’s top-down approach to urban development is theView full post »
Expatriate Mobility in China
Scenes from Chengdu and Shanghai – Two Popular Cities with Expats Since China reopened its doors 30 years ago, the country hasView full post »
China Housing Bubble? Maybe, But Not as Bad as You Think
Many economic analysts are convinced that China is now in the midst of a colossal housing bubble. Wendell Cox thinks otherwise. In aView full post »