Category Archives: Chengdu
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Chengdu’s Tangba Jie – One of the World’s Coolest Neighborhoods
Last year Time Out Magazine rated Chengdu’s Tangba Jie as one of the coolest neighborhoods in the world. This is probably notView full post »
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The State of Seismic Safety in China
The 7.0-earthquake in Ya’an, Sichuan Province this past April once again brought up the topic of construction quality in China.View full post »
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Organic Farming in China: Chengdu’s Anlong Village
With the ongoing spate of food safety scandals, Chinese consumers are rightly weary of the source and quality of their food.View full post »
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View from the Ground in the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone
New development outside Jiangyou, Sichuan Province The following post is an adaptation of a comment I made on my good friend andView full post »
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9/11, China and the Enduring Symbolic Power of the Skyscraper
1 World Trade Center Rising in Lower Manhattan Now that it has been about a month since the 10 year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in theView full post »
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Go West Project at the Chengdu Biennale
I had the privilege of sitting in on a round-table discussion led by the ‘Go West Project‘ at the Chengdu Biennale this pastView full post »
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Chengdu Enhances Urban Environment With Recreational Paths
It seems that too often talk about China development focuses on ‘hard’ infrastructure projects including roads, bridges, powerView full post »
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A Guide to China’s Rising Urban Areas
Source: Demographia World Urban Areas: Population & Projections: 6th Edition. http://demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf I have a newView full post »
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Torrential Rains and Flooding in Chengdu
It’s been a rough start to the summer season for provinces in central and southwest China. Torrential rain and floods have affectedView full post »
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Shifting Real Estate Development Priorities
Last week I had a chance to chat with Russell Flannery, the Shanghai bureau chief for Forbes magazine, at a conference I spoke at inView full post »
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Population’s Role in an Urbanizing China
China’s cities would not be urbanizing at their current rate without the help of the country’s huge population. It is aView full post »
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Chengdu and Chongqing Leading the Way in Hukou Reform
The hukou system, or household registration system, is a method of accounting for the country’s population by requiring each citizenView full post »