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China urbanization
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.
Shenzhen Landslide Exposes China's Problem With Construction Waste
By Liu Qin
Shenzhen is running out of options for disposing of its construction waste.
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
China Is Still Building Ghost Cities
By chinadialogue
Plans for new urban areas would provide housing for 3.4 billion people -- far more than China's total population.
It's Official: AIIB Constitution to Be Signed on June 29
By Shannon Tiezzi
Plus, U.S-China relations, China's military strategy, and one woman's experience with urbanization. Friday China links.
Urbanization With Chinese Characteristics
By Shannon Tiezzi
Beijing is seeking to encourage a "new type" of urbanization.
A Tale of Two Chinas
By Zachary Keck
A new survey underscores the relative deprivation of China's rural population.
China Announces Limited Hukou Reform
By Ankit Panda
China's government is reforming its hukou permit system in an "orderly" manner.
China’s Man-Made Cities: Wisdom or Folly?
By Sara Hsu
The country’s plan to build new cities for the newly urbanized is problematic.
Turkestan Islamic Party Claims Responsibility for Urumqi Bombing
By Shannon Tiezzi
Plus NIMBY protests in China, "fake urbanization", and the China-Russia natural gas deal. Friday China links.
Remembering Hu Yaobang, China's Reformer
By Shannon Tiezzi
Plus, analysis of China's urbanization plan and Captain America in China. Friday China links.
Can China’s New Urbanization Plan Work?
By Adam Tyner
Bringing people to the cities will not be enough. Rural rights also need reform.