Category Archives: Chongqing
Why is Zaha Hadid Being Copied in China?
Zaha Hadid’s Wangjing SOHO design (left). Chongqing Meiquan 22nd Century design (right). Image from AFP. Earlier this year, theView full post »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Chongqing: City of Hills, Rivers and Skyscrapers
Foreign Policy magazine confirmed western China’s growing prominence with an article and photo essay in their September/OctoberView full post »