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Urban redevelopment: a city’s life and death

This is the Thinking China Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s digest is taking us through various aspects of China’s urbanization process. Zhang … Continue reading

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Building a new Old City in Kashgar

Phoenix Weekly has a cover story on the redevelopment of Kashgar’s old town. Also, the ‘This is Xinjiang’ blog has some photos of the totally soulless designs for new communities.

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Ice hockey and the last days of old Beijing

A chapter from Mike Meyer’s new book Last Days of Old Beijing.

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China developed by luck, not planning

Economist and Beijing-based national coordinator for the UK-China Sustainable Development Dialogue, Leo Horn say that China developed thanks to good luck, not good planning.

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For Xu Jinglei and her team, shifting perspectives on South Africa

Xu Jinglei on the waterfront, Cape Town Maya Alexandri is currently traveling as part of actress / director / blogger Xu Jinglei’s entourage in South Africa and has been filing reports about the trip for the last week. This post … Continue reading

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