Written by lookingbeyondbordersMay 14, 2013

Will Chinese Have Space To Live In Urban China?

China is in the midst of an urban revolution, with hundreds of millions of migrants moving into cities every year. Since 2011, for the first time in history, more than half of China’s 1.3 billion citizens (690 million people) are living in cities. Another 300-400 million are expected to be added to China’s cities in […]

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Written by lookingbeyondbordersNovember 2, 2012

Why Recent Protester “Victories” in China Are Pyrrhic

The recent NIMBY movement against a PX chemical plant in the Chinese city of Ningbo ultimately followed the same trajectory as did protests in Shifang and Qidong in July, 2012. After a tense confrontation between citizens and the government and violent but ineffective intervention by SWAT agents, the government backed down on October 28 by […]