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May. 28, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Proxy War

It’s not that we didn’t know that China was pulling ahead on new transportation technologies; we just didn’t realize how…
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Feb. 18, 2021 / Gordon Price

Why America is no longer in the driver’s seat of the global automobile industry

Broadcaster Sonari Glinton and podcaster Mike Pesca discuss GM’s recent proclamation to go electric by 2035.  (Full podcast here.) Pesca:…
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Sep. 11, 2018 / Gordon Price

Skylines You’ve Never Seen

Having gone through the greatest economic expansion in human history, Chinese cities have expressed that transition in their skylines –…
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Aug. 04, 2018 / Colin Stein

China’s Bike Bubble Aftermath

From The Atlantic, via PT correspondent Michael Alexander, one of two dozen artful (and depressing) images of the aftermath of…
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Jul. 26, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Real Estate Speculation in China not Curbed by 200 New Regulations

China has a problem in their real estate market where vapid speculation has increased prices. As Reuters has reported, a record…
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Apr. 03, 2018 / Gordon Price

Car-sharing in China: Cheaper than bike-sharing

From South China Morning Post, via Thomas Beyer: A Chinese carmaker has launched a vehicle sharing service in Shenzhen by…
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Mar. 02, 2018 / Gordon Price

Perspective

As Neal Lamontagne tweets (perhaps after noting the controversy over changing the parking on Yaletown streets): While we argue about…
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May. 02, 2017 / Gordon Price

When Bike-Sharing Goes Bad

Peter Ladner inked to this from the Wall Street Journal (video available but article requires subscription): If you think Seattle…
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Aug. 03, 2016 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: China's SkyBus

Ian: The SkyBus certainly seems to becoming reallity … I kinda think it’s an alternative to a Broadway line!…
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Apr. 25, 2016 / Gordon Price

“Global Real Estate Investment: The Vancouver-China Nexus”

On April 14, UBC’s Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate (CUERE) and the Centre for Chinese Research (CCR)  co-hosted…
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Apr. 21, 2016 / Gordon Price

Vancouver Disconnection: A Stampede in the West End

Ian Young has produced another remarkable story for the South China Morning Post. The implications are profoundly disturbing.  Not only…
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Apr. 12, 2016 / Gordon Price

New York Times: "China's 1 Percent Flock to Canada"

. China’s rapid economic rise has turned peasants into billionaires. Many wealthy Chinese are increasingly eager to stow their families,…
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Feb. 22, 2016 / Gordon Price

Dept. of Irony: No more gated communities in Beijing

It was just one sentence in this bigger story in the New York Times: A directive issued on Sunday by…
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Nov. 03, 2015 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: China's Challenge from Megalopolis to Local Village

Two items on China came in today simultaneously. The big picture – the world’s largest megalopolis, Jing-Jin-Ji – is featured…

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