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Oct. 07, 2015 / Gordon Price

How the Chinese manage traffic

Once you’ve made the policy decision to support the development of the world’s biggest auto industry and mass consumption from a…
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Sep. 03, 2015 / Gordon Price

China’s ‘economic miracle’ explained

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Mar. 10, 2015 / Gordon Price

China’s Silent Spring: ” Under the Dome – Investigating China’s Smog”

From Tim Pawsey: “It’s profound. I highly recommend two hours well spent.” PT: I’ve been watching it in segments; it’s hard…
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Mar. 03, 2015 / Gordon Price

China’s Next Ghost Towns

From the South China Morning Post: Unlike ghost towns in the West which are laid waste by wars, natural disasters,…
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Feb. 06, 2015 / Gordon Price

One of the most important architect/planners in the world you didn’t know about

Maybe the most important? . China’s Fog Weighs Heavily on Shoulders of Its Premier Architect . Wu Liangyong, 92, China’s…
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Feb. 03, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Chinese air pollution on the move

From Good: … climatological research shows that industrial air pollution in China doesn’t stay in China for long. This newly…
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Jan. 19, 2015 / Gordon Price

Exhibition: Transgression in the Cantosphere

Insight into a world and an issue many Vancouverites, who live in part of the Cantosphere, may not know about:…
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Jan. 16, 2015 / Gordon Price

The End of Weird Architecture?

In China, at least.  From the New York Times: … in an unusual online ad campaign started in late October,…
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Jan. 21, 2014 / Gordon Price

In a connected world, there is no ultimate outsourcing

From the New York Times: China Also Exports Pollution to Western U.S., Study Finds  The scientists wrote that “outsourcing production…
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Nov. 04, 2013 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets, Intertwining Economies

A Twitter game: Take two (or more) tweets that happen to show up in the same feed that, when juxtaposed, make…
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Sep. 12, 2013 / Gordon Price

Dystopia Digest: China’s Abandoned Cities

If there are two stories guaranteed to get an astonished and appalled readership, one is the ruins of Detroit, the other…

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