China

The extent of China's embrace of American-style suburbanization is best illustrated by one of its newest gated communities, which is actually called Orange County.

A new 22-mile bridge -- which breaks the previous record of 20.2 miles set by another Chinese bridge -- will provide a faster road connection between the Chinese cities of Shanghai and Ningbo.

China's booming cities have a lot to teach western architects, planners, and urban policy makers, says professor Thomas J. Campanella.

This article from National Geographic looks at the construction boom that is rapidly changing the face of Beijing.

Environmental activism is on the rise in China. It's not a fast rise, but its existence is seen by many as a major step.

In an effort to improve the city's air quality in time for this summer's Olympic Games, officials in Beijing are planning to halt all construction and other polluting processes for two months starting in mid-July.

This article from Metropolis Magazine features a tour of Beijing as it prepares for the Summer Olympics. The scale of development is almost overwhelming, according to author Philip Nobel.

This Onion TV news segment highlights Chinese pride in the country's status as the world's top producer of air pollution

A new report calls on China to cluster its development into "supercities" to obtain greater economic prosperity.

China is increasingly making efforts to preserve its historic places and buildings.

Beijing's new Norman Foster-designed airport terminal -- 20% bigger than all of Heathrow -- has just opened on the site of 10 former villages.

This video series from Frontline looks at plans to create an eco-friendly village in China and why those plans fell short of their goals.

China's burgeoning middle class is moving out of the crowded and polluted cities to a booming constellation of satellite cities. The suburbanization of China has begun.

China kicks infrastructure development into high gear.

Protests over the extension of a magnetic levitation train line are evidence of an increasing trend of NIMBYism in China.

A look at a Shanghai museum focusing on urban planning.

Walking and biking in becoming increasingly dangerous in many Chinese cities. This article looks at what some cities are doing to discourage these traditional forms of transport, and what they can do to make the streets safer.

Beijing is in the midst of a wide-scale revitalization effort to prepare itself for the 2008 Olympic games. Included in this effort is a citywide conservation plan targeting 25 areas in the city. But the term "conservation" is loosely defined.

Rural farmers in China want legal ownership rights for the state-owned lands they farm.

With the 2008 Olympics heading to Beijing, Chinese officials are looking at ways to reduce pollution and improve air quality by the time the games begin. But locals are also starting to think about life after the games.