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China urbanization
January 27, 2023
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.
January 14, 2023
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.
November 04, 2020
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.
November 03, 2020
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.
December 04, 2017
Beijing’s Heavy-Handed Solution to Urbanization
By John Pabon
Beijing's attempts to push out migrant workers will have economic consequences.
September 06, 2017
Can China Fix Its Housing Bubble?
By Xinling Wang
How the Chinese government is trying to fix and stabilize the housing market.
July 26, 2017
Interview: Understanding China's 'Great Migration'
By Shannon Tiezzi
An interview with Bradley M. Gardner about China's rural-to-urban migration.
March 17, 2017
China's Urbancide in Tibet
By Rinzin Dorjee
China's urbanization policies have a particularly telling impact on Tibet.
February 22, 2017
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.
September 04, 2016
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.
June 29, 2016
China’s New Generation of Urban Migrants
By Peter Farrar
The children hungry for a passport to China’s big cities.
February 03, 2016
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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