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Wade Shepard
Wade Shepard spends his time traveling around Asia reporting on emerging markets, technological developments, and urbanization as seen from the ground, with a strong focus on new cities, China’s tech ecosystem, and the emerging new trade routes between China and Europe. He regularly contributes to Forbes, the South China Morning Post, and Tech in Asia, and is the author of Ghost Cities of China: The Story of Cities Without People in the World’s Most Populated Country, a book which explores the peculiar nuances of China’s urbanization movement.
June 07, 2016
Bangladesh's Deep Sea Port Problem
By Wade Shepard
China, Japan, and India are all competing to build Dhaka's first deep sea port.
May 09, 2016
China's Jewel in the Heart of the Indian Ocean
By Wade Shepard
The Colombo Port City project was conceived by Sri Lanka, but is now an almost 100 percent Chinese undertaking.
April 01, 2016
Khorgos: Where East Meets West
By Wade Shepard
Kazakhstan and China hope to make Khorgos Eastern Gate the new crossroads of Eurasia.
December 16, 2015
The Complex Impact of Urbanization in Xinjiang
By Wade Shepard
There’s a logic to China’s urbanization scheme, but its social and cultural impacts are complex.
October 29, 2015
The Truth About China’s Ghost Cities
By Wade Shepard
The same process that produces currently underpopulated new areas has created some of the world’s most successful cities
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