May 21, 2012 11:40 PM
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Amid Poverty, Chinese Officials Splurge on Lavish Vanity Projects
At The Los Angeles Times, David Pierson and Jonathan Kaiman survey the mass of “face projects” built by China’s local governments in recent years.There are no highways running through this impoverished rural county. Children study in dilapidated schoolhouses. On many streets, you’re just as likely to run into a chicken as you are a pedestrian. Yet the Wangjiang local goverOctober 1, 2011 12:05 AM
How Building Shanghai Up is Bringing It Down
At TIME’s Ecocentric blog, Kate Springer discusses the problem of subsidence which, according to a recent governmen
"Quality is Weightier than Mount Tai"; Reporters Allege Shady Building Practices
China Media Project translates a bold open letter from three journalists to the government and people of Mianyang, a city
September 23, 2011 9:58 PM
Hutong Economics: This Old House
Evan Osnos’ latest Letter from China in The New Yorker explains the often short-term thinking behind much of China&
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