China

Carl Hooks and Allison Sherlock September 3, 2018 1

China has urbanized incredibly fast. In 1979, the beginning of China’s economic reforms, only about 18% of the country’s population...

Patricia Roach May 30, 2016 0

The following stories are from Third Street in the Sai Ying Pun neighbourhood of Hong Kong. For a longer tour, see...

Jeltsje de Blauw April 26, 2016 0

The megacity of Shenzhen is seen as one of China’s biggest success stories of the past 30 years, the city...

Isabella Rossen October 13, 2014 0

Hong Kong's financial district and the surrounding roads have turned into a battleground of conflicting values the past two weeks....

Adam Nowek September 8, 2014 0

Urban informality is hardly a new reality for the world's cities. The term itself has a young theoretical life, being...

Kees Krul June 16, 2014 0

China’s last quarter century is characterized by a massive wave of rural-to-urban migration and currently over 250 million new urbanites...

Jolien Groot April 24, 2014 0

Urbanized: a documentary that takes us on an exciting world tour to teach about urban design. Directed by Gary Hustwit Produced...

Jorn Koelemaij April 14, 2014 1

The remarkable development of the China-Belarus Industrial Park About a year ago, there was a noteworthy news item in the...

Adam Nowek November 4, 2013 1

Macau's elephantine gambling industry is known for its size: Macau has already overtaken Las Vegas in terms of revenue and is rapidly...

Marco Bontje September 16, 2013 0

Until recently, the story of most urban villages in China more or less went like this. Due to the rapid...

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