Chongqing has 12 million people and counting. China is building megacities like this at a pace and scale the world has never seen before. It’s part of the central government’s plan to bring some of China’s economic boom to its impoverished interior province where three out of four Chinese live. Vanguard takes you on a whirlwind tour of the city–from inside a cramped boarding house where migrant workers to inside a starter apartment of China’s new class of yuppies; from inside ancient, crumbling teahouses to gleaming new car factories. (28 min)
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on Jul 29th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
I must shamelessly admit: I think I was pretty distracted watching this dishy chap.
Umph, what was this about again? 
I am not sure about Chongqing, but I think some of these urban experiments in the face of GFC have evaporated as fast as they mushroomed in a very short span of time. May be the city is spared, as it doesn’t seem to be solely reliant on manufacturing which dries up with the drop in demand overseas.
on Jul 30th, 2009 at 7:48 am
Ha ha ha. That’s hilarious.
on Aug 5th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
very interesting…
and i like the word dishy….
on Aug 6th, 2009 at 8:34 am
Yes, it is so un-american, isn’t it?…:~)
on Nov 24th, 2009 at 10:55 am
the pace of change in China is mind boggling. I think for its citizens it must be both very exciting and quite disconcerting. The way that the natural landscape is so ravaged there is a bit scary. The question remains - how long can the resources of the earth support this mega urbanization?