When mines run dry: why some Chinese cities are racing to reinvent themselves

Once China's answer to Pittsburgh, steel hub Panzhihua faces same challenge as other old industrial cities: how to avoid ...

China’s old industrial cities race to reinvent themselves in rapidly changing economy

Few areas of China reflect the country’s decades-long economic transformation more vividly than its cities. Rapid development ...

Mapping China's cities at submeter precision

Land use and land cover (LULC) information underpins studies in climate science, disaster management, food security, and ...
Science Daily

China’s coastal cities are sinking as seas rise at record speed

Sea levels are rising faster than at any time in 4,000 years, scientists report, with China’s major coastal cities at ...
Rutgers University

Rising Seas and Sinking Cities Signal a Coastal Crisis in China

While rising seas are a global issue, China faces a unique double threat, he said. Many of its largest and most economically ...

Big dreams, shiny projects and regional inequalities in China’s inland cities

Large metropolitan areas in central and western China are powering ahead, but will the benefits of their growth spill over? Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The Economist

China’s urban planners could determine the future of city life

In THE first decade of Xi Jinping’s rule, builders in China poured more concrete than America did in all of the 20th century. Urban areas expanded by 40%. No longer. In the past five years the ...