Shanghai Builds for the Future
A man goes about his work on the construction site of the Shanghai World
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China is now undergoing one of the most massive urbanization in human
history, and nowhere is that more evident than in cosmopolitan Shanghai.
The city's population is now almost 18 million, and is forecast to rise
to 25 million by 2020. This series looks at how the city is preparing
for its future.
in this Series
Dream World to Cosmopolis: Authors' Shanghai
December 15, 2006 · Shanghai is changing at breakneck speed. That
transformation, along with the hope, fear, greed and nostalgia that it
engenders, is the stuff of novels. Three authors talk about the
inspiration that China's most exciting city provides them.
A Cinematic Ode to Shanghai's Vanishing World
December 14, 2006 · Shanghai has a population of almost 18 million, but
only 632 protected historic sites. Its distinctive traditional
architecture is rapidly disappearing, and along with it, a way of life.
A local filmmaker has produced an ode to these vanishing neighborhoods.
China Gets Its Own Slice of English Countryside
December 14, 2006 · Shanghai's planners are resettling 500,000 people in
new suburban towns, each built in a foreign style. In the second report
on Shanghai’s development, we visit Thames Town, which brings an English
country town to China.
Evictions Reflect Dark Side of Shanghai Growth
December 13, 2006 · As Shanghai undergoes a radical facelift, tens of
thousands of residents are forcibly displaced from their homes each
year. Many say real-estate developers are conspiring with officials to
seize property for little or no compensation.
Shanghai Urban Development: The Future Is Now
December 11, 2006 · In the first of a weeklong series on urban
development in Shanghai, we look at the dramatically changing cityscape.
Cranes erect skyscrapers at a dizzying rate, while Shanghai's center
spreads to surrounding land.
Shanghai Architecture Reflects City's Many Faces
December 11, 2006 · In a weeklong series, Louisa Lim looks at Shanghai's
unprecedented building boom and how the city is preparing for its
future, as a meta-city or a mega-metropolis. The city's population is
now almost 18 million, and is forecast to rise to 25 million by 2020.
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