China's building boom can now be declared over. Yet what awaits for the 940 million city dwellers living in Chinese cities?
Featuring
- Éric LE KHANH : architect
- LIU Jue (LJ) : managing editor at TWOC
- Jingqiu ZHANG: IARA - Co-founder & Architect
To go further
- Middle Earth episode #108 - The Memorabilia Economy: Why Some Can’t Stop Dreaming of the 90s
- Middle Earth episode #102 Remote Creatives
- TWOC's article Welcome to Liu York: Going with the Flow in China’s Chillest River City by Wang Lin (王琳)
- TWOC's article How Residential Renovation Became China’s New Urban Battleground by Tan Yunfei (谭云飞) & Liu Jue (刘珏)
- Éric LE KHANH 's work on the remains of Jin Zhongdu City (Jin dynasty - 12th century) at Tianjin University.
- Éric LE KHANH 's work on the Sino-French "Chengdu Eco-Quartier"
- Jinqiu ZHANG team's work in Chen Jiapu Village (陈家埔村).
- News report on CGTN about France-China Wuhan Eco-City.
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The World of Chinese Magazine
A magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.
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The World of Chinese Magazine
A magazine about Chinese society, culture, history, arts, language, and more.
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