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The Best Journalism About Cities in 2011

From Braddock, Pennsylvania to Beijing, Nate Berg offers his favorite articles about cities published in 2011.

22 December 2011 - 12:00pm

The Atlantic Cities

China's Architectural Personality Crisis

Liu Yugie offers and considered and compelling analysis of the state of architecture in China today, and asks if "is China a playground for international architects or an abused testing ground for bad design?"

17 October 2011 - 2:00pm

China Daily

Taking the Subway in Shanghai Requires a Token and a Prayer

Recent crashes involving the subway in Shanghai has caused speculation that the rails are unsafe and poorly built.

1 October 2011 - 11:00am

Bloomberg

Shanghai Crash Ignites Public Anger Amid Fractured Government Response

Officials are investigating the cause of a crash in which more than 20 people were seriously injured Tuesday riding the Shanghai subway. Citizens have voiced their frustration at ambitious rail projects they view as neglecting safety.

28 September 2011 - 10:00am

Reuters

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Shanghai to Create Suburbs as Remedy for Urban Density

Shanghai in its 12th Five-Year Plan is modeling seven new satellite cities as suburbs to alleviate the density in the city center, reports Yu Ran, China Daily.

14 July 2011 - 9:00am

Chila Daily

New Transit Systems of 2010

Garrett Bradford of TheCityFix reviews some of the most innovative and sustainable transit systems from around the globe that made their debut over the last twelve months.

29 December 2010 - 2:00pm

TheCityFix

Beijing's Plan To Limit Traffic Antagonizes Auto Dealers

To reduce congestion, Beijing will follow in Shanghai's footsteps set 10 years ago by limiting new car registrations; only Beijing residents will be able to obtain one,and only vehicles with such plates will be allowed entrance to city center in 2011

27 December 2010 - 5:00am

The Wall Street Journal: Autos

The Political History of Asia's Mega-Cities

By looking at Seoul, Beijing and Shanghai, this article from City Journal explores how politics and different governmental ideologies have shaped the growth of these mega-cities.

19 December 2010 - 9:00am

City Journal

Shanghai Expo Closes With Focus On "Development through Development"

The Expo’s stated theme was “Better City, Better Life,” and organizers boasted it was the first World’s Fair devoted to the contemplation of cities.

6 November 2010 - 7:00am

Fast Company

A Tale of Two Tall Towers

Josh Leon reports on his time "around two instructive pieces of vertical architecture that could presumably be competitors in a transoceanic race between the US and China for economic hegemony."

10 October 2010 - 5:00am

Next American City

The "Instant Cities" of Industrial China

This year China will add 17 million people to its urban population. To house them, places like Guangzhou and Shanghai are constructing 'instant cities.' Christoph Gielen traveled through these developments, documenting the expansion.

8 August 2010 - 7:00am

New York Times

Shanghai Usurps London's Throne As Home to World's Largest Metro

With 420km of network, Shanghai's metro overtook the London Underground, which has a total of 402km. But the rate of expansion is more impressive: the first line was constructed in only 1995 and it is still expanding.

2 August 2010 - 5:00am

Bricoleurbanism

China's Cities: All Show, No Substance?

Chinese urban sprawl has the potential to be transformed into urban sustainability.

29 July 2010 - 7:00am

TheCityFix

Shanghai's Faux World Cities Fail to Catch On

A decade after its inception, Shanghai's One City, Nine Towns project, an ambitious attempt to manage the city's massive population growth via the creation of international-themed satellite communities, has failed to deliver hoped-for results.

7 July 2010 - 2:00pm

Assembly

Asian Cities Must Look For A Sustainability Beyond the Economic

As Asian economic prowess powers the continent's businesses toward prosperity, governments need to find a way to accommodate the 2 billion extra people that will inhabit its major cities by the middle of the century.

1 July 2010 - 11:00am

Financial Times

China's Drive Toward Carbon Neutrality

By 2030, China will have 220 cities containing a population of 1 million or more, 24 of which will be megacities. The boom China is expected to go through, 'boggles the imagination of North Americans and Europeans.'

30 June 2010 - 2:00pm

World Changing

A Brief History of International Expositions

As Shanghai aims to bring people together through spectacle, Edwin Heathcote examines the concept behind the festival and questions its relevancy.

9 June 2010 - 8:00am

Financial Times

The Offering of the Modern World Expo

As host of the World Expo, Shanghai is opening its doors to the world. But with most of the Expo's visitors hailing from within China, it's much more of an international marketing effort for non-Chinese countries directed at the emerging super power.

1 June 2010 - 8:00am

The New York Times

Unlike Beijing, Shanghai Preserves Some History

The government of Shanghai was ahead of the curve with preservation, creating 12 historic preservation zones in the city in 2004.

4 May 2010 - 8:00am

The New York Times

An Epic Failure of Planning: The World Expo and the US Pavilion

The Shanghai 2010 World Expo opened this weekend, with an inspiring theme for urban planners: "Better City – Better Life". So what inspirational message about the future of cities did the United States bring to this world stage? Robert Jacobson reports on the tragedy of errors that birthed the lackluster U.S. Pavilion.

3 May 2010 - 5:00am

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