Category Archives: Public Policy
Fears About a China Housing Crash Overstated
Consensus among international media is that China’s economy is heading for an imminent and disastrous crash due to its inflatedView full post »
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 »
How China’s Megacities Have Avoided Problems of Other Developing Cities
Urbanist media can’t seem to get enough of the megacity these days. Much of the commentary surrounding this topic is disconcertinglyView full post »
China’s Air Traffic Glut and the Case for High-Speed Rail
Recently there has been an increase in questions raised about China’s unrelenting ambitions to connect the country with high-speedView full post »
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 »
Urbanizing Towards a Clean and Sustainable Future
An article I wrote about the sustainable development in China’s cities was recently published in the Winter 2010/2011 Issue of theView full post »
Preservation in Beijing: The Battle for Gulou
A frequently revisited topic in discussions about China’s development is the widespread loss of historic structures andView full post »
Mega-City Semantics in the Pearl River Delta
Dongguan Housing. Photo by livinginchina4now. Several people have called my attention to a recent article from The Telegraph about ChinaView full post »
Kashgar: New SEZ in Xinjiang
Photo courtesy of Nicolas Marino One rising city to be on the look out for in the next decade of China development is little-known KashgarView full post »
Beijing Roads Headed Toward Maximum Capacity
2,000 New Cars Hit Beijing Streets Everyday As the government and cultural center of the country, Beijing is a worthy capital of a risingView full post »
Defining Western Bias
Architecture critic Guy Horton has an excellent essay on ArchDaily about redefining the way we judge and evaluate Chinese urbanView full post »
City Journal’s Guy Sorman: China Basher
Beijing’s 798 Arts District While browsing through the front page of the planning website Planetizen the other day, I came across aView full post »