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China urbanization
![Becoming a ‘Sponge City’ at Shenzhen Speed Becoming a ‘Sponge City’ at Shenzhen Speed](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-01-27-144244.jpg)
Becoming a ‘Sponge City’ at Shenzhen Speed
By Robert C. Thornett
Shenzhen is a prime example of China's Sponge City Program, which aims to both prevent flooding and increase water supply in urban areas.
![The 6 Horsemen of the Apocalypse for China The 6 Horsemen of the Apocalypse for China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-01-13-155839.jpg)
The 6 Horsemen of the Apocalypse for China
By Kung Chan
The struggles of 2022 highlighted six crises China will have to face now and into the future.
![China’s Fifth Plenum: Old Goals and Shifting Priorities China’s Fifth Plenum: Old Goals and Shifting Priorities](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-11-04.jpg)
China’s Fifth Plenum: Old Goals and Shifting Priorities
By Tristan Kenderdine
There's much more than technoindustrial policy in China’s Fifth Plenum communique, especially when compared to the 2015 outcomes.
![How Many People Are in China? The Government Just Started Counting. How Many People Are in China? The Government Just Started Counting.](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-china-flag-crowd.jpg)
How Many People Are in China? The Government Just Started Counting.
By Shannon Tiezzi
The once-a-decade census is now underway, and the results will have important data on China’s aging population and rural-urban divide.
![Beijing’s Heavy-Handed Solution to Urbanization Beijing’s Heavy-Handed Solution to Urbanization](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_17332285316446.jpg)
Beijing’s Heavy-Handed Solution to Urbanization
By John Pabon
Beijing's attempts to push out migrant workers will have economic consequences.
![Can China Fix Its Housing Bubble? Can China Fix Its Housing Bubble?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-02-21_20-24-35.jpg)
Can China Fix Its Housing Bubble?
By Xinling Wang
How the Chinese government is trying to fix and stabilize the housing market.
![Interview: Understanding China's 'Great Migration' Interview: Understanding China's 'Great Migration'](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-chinasgreatmigration_1800x2700.jpg)
Interview: Understanding China's 'Great Migration'
By Shannon Tiezzi
An interview with Bradley M. Gardner about China's rural-to-urban migration.
![China's Urbancide in Tibet China's Urbancide in Tibet](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-03-16_18-16-30.jpg)
China's Urbancide in Tibet
By Rinzin Dorjee
China's urbanization policies have a particularly telling impact on Tibet.
![China's Hukou Reforms and the Urbanization Challenge China's Hukou Reforms and the Urbanization Challenge](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-08-25_12-31-59.jpg)
China's Hukou Reforms and the Urbanization Challenge
By Spencer Sheehan
China is speeding up hukou reform, but that won’t be enough to solve the migrant worker problem.
![Resources, 'National Unity' Underpin Xi's Trip to Western China Resources, 'National Unity' Underpin Xi's Trip to Western China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-09-04_12-10-22.jpg)
Resources, 'National Unity' Underpin Xi's Trip to Western China
By David Volodzko
Xi Jinping's recent trip to Qinghai highlights what Beijing sees when it looks to China's western regions.
![China’s New Generation of Urban Migrants China’s New Generation of Urban Migrants](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-06-28_15-36-40.jpg)
China’s New Generation of Urban Migrants
By Peter Farrar
The children hungry for a passport to China’s big cities.
![China's Plan for 'Orderly' Hukou Reform China's Plan for 'Orderly' Hukou Reform](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-02_19-55-58.jpg)
China's Plan for 'Orderly' Hukou Reform
By Shannon Tiezzi
China wants to grant hukous to 100 million migrants by 2020, but will be slow and selective in its reform.
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