Asia-Pacific

"South Korea is the latest country to decide that it needs to build a new capital city. It has some good reasons for doing so, but history suggests it may not be such a great idea"

Chinese towns are developing nearly overnight into megacities -- but at tremendous economic, social and environmental costs.

A massive petrochemicals complex takes shape in southern China.

The booming city of Shenzhen in South China plans to recruit thousands of experienced overseas planning professionals.

The frenzied development pace of the world's fastest growing national economy has some fearing an impending real estate bust.

The L.A. Times Magazine's editor tours China's Yangtze River to visit the Three Gorges Dam, now two-thirds complete.

Mike Davis warns that concentrated poverty and poor santitation in Asian and African slums could cause a worldwide public health catastrophe.

Report by London-based Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) ranks Honolulu 19th, making it the top U.S. city.

In the rush to prepare for the 2008 Olympics, Beijing demolishes its historical sites to make way for modern development.

China's Pearl River Delta is growing by double digits and stocking Wal-Mart's shelves.

Shanghai, China bans bikes -- the country's most common form of transportation -- on major roads to make more room for cars.

As Americans head to New Zealand for cheap land and beautiful scenery, locals debate the impact of growth.

How low will planners in Tokyo go to free up open space in one of the most populous and densely packed metropolises in the world?

China's private housing boom is fueling a new market for home improvement.

Welcome to Sydney's new suburbia: Get the biggest house on the smallest block for the lowest price.

Can the Bilbao effect be recreated with the opening of the $170 million Guggenheim in Taiwan?

Seven riddles suggest that there is a secret city beneath Tokyo -- and a government plot to keep it secret.

Deirdre Chetham's book "Before The Deluge: The Vanishing World of the Yangtze's Three Gorges" is a "quiet epitaph" for the region to be submerged by China's massive Three Gorges project.

Chinese developers market American-style subdivisions with California themes.

Chinese government spending is changing Chongqing, an inland city slated to receive $200 billion in investment over the next decade.