All articles by Wade Shepard
Wade Shepard
During its long boom, Chinese cities demolished an area the size of Mauritius every year
Like an artist painting on a canvas, entire new cities, sprawling new districts, and colossal infrastructural projects are spreading across…
“The gift from the sea”: through land reclamation, China keeps growing and growing
China has undergone more than three decades of unprecedented rapid growth. Literally. The country is expanding. Hundreds of square kilometres…
Can hundreds of new "ecocities" solve China's environmental problems?
China is building ecocities in droves. Dozens of these green-branded, new frontiers of urbanism are already in an advanced state…
"Enough empty floor space to cover Madrid": so why are China's ghost cities still unoccupied?
Over the past 15 years China has built hundreds of new cities, expanded thousands of urban areas, wiped over a…
After "Under the Dome": Can China solve its air pollution crisis?
When it comes to air pollution, the government of China is currently standing on an ever-eroding precipice. On one side…
