China
China's New Bullet Trains
Major initiative to upgrade a transportation system trying to keep up with China's rapid economic growth includes high-speed trains and what is reportedly the world's largest bus.
A New Vision For Tiananmen Square: A Lush Park
Could a 'green' makeover of one of China's most infamous public spaces help signal the country's shifting politics?
China's Dongtan To Take An Ecosystem Approach to Urban Planning
Dongtan, a master-planned Chinese city, is set to chart a "smarter path" for growth and remedying China's environmental crisis.
Induced Rain May Wash Beijing's Pollution Away
China has announced plans to induce rain in Beijing in the days before the 2008 Olympics in an effort to clean the air. Scientists are wary about the effects of the process.
Bus Lanes Get Green Light In Shanghai
As the city moves forward with plans to expand its overcrowded underground metro system, Shanghai transit officials are also planning to build a 300km network of bus only lanes to speed travel across the city.
China's Landscape Transformed By Automobile
In 20 short years, the country has become the second largest car market in the world, and is in the midst of a road building bonanza.
Shanghai Tells Transit Officials To Get On The Bus
The city's government is requiring that high-ranking officials use transit at least one day a month.
China Passes Landmark Property Rights Law
China grants private individuals to own property. Experts say law recognizes power of growing middle class but does not add protections for farmers.
Does Starbucks Belong In The Forbidden City?
One Chinese lawmaker is claiming the coffee chain's outpost in Beijing's Imperial Palace Complex, a venerable symbol of American capitalism, is tainting the national culture that the site represents.
Services Are Lacking For The Rural Poor
Protests and violence have erupted in China's rural areas, where many of the country's poorest people struggle to find jobs. The government has pledged to improve spending to help provide for the rural poor and improve access to public services.
The Biggest Bus In The World
With three sections, five doors, and a 300-person capacity, the "world's largest bus" has been unveiled in Shanghai. The new buses will be used for a planned bus rapid transit line in the city.
Creating A Built Environment For Children
A new school master plan for the Western International School of Shanghai looks to create an entire urban environment geared toward children.
Displaced Or Not, Residents Oppose Rail Expansion
Many Chinese residents facing displacement are protesting the planned expansion of a high-speed magnetic levitation train in Shanghai. Others who won't be displaced are also opposed, fearing increased noise pollution and accidents.
China May Establish Private Property Rights
A new law facing the National People's Congress of China looks to put in place massive land reform in the country that would essentially establish the right to private property. This legislation has been pushed forward by the central government.
Beijing To Hit The 3 Million Car Mark
With Chinese's new middle class embracing automobiles, gridlock in the capital is set to get a lot worse.
Lower Birthrate In Chinese County Exempted From Country's One-Child Policy
One county in China has been exempt from the country's controversial one-child policy for two decades. Additional rules about when parents may marry and have children have kept the county's birthrate lower than the national average.
Construction Threatening China's Heritage
The tremendous scale and pace of construction in China threatens to bulldoze over thousands of years of archaeological sites.
Saving Shanghai's Art Deco Gems
Even with widespread demolition of old buildings to make way for modern towers, the city still has more art deco buildings than anywhere else on earth. A new photo book hopes to inspire the city to preserve its rich architectural legacy.
Booming Shanghai Struggles To Create Livability
As Shanghai becomes a new world-class business capital, the city struggles to keep up with its rapid growth.
Beijing's Parking Crunch
With more than 300,000 new cars hitting the roads each year, the Chinese capital has a serious shortage of parking. The solution? More parking lots of course.
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