The largest and fastest urbanization drive in human history

Shanghai 1990 and 2010 Click here is only an example of many Chinese cities springing up from paddy fields in just a few decades. Look at how Shenzhen was built in about the same timeline at Click here

Or have a glimpse of what China's 100 cities now look like Click here (You'll have to ignore the stupid 'racist' warning at the beginning of the video.)

For a more in-depth study, read McKinsey Global Institute's 'Preparing for China's Urban Billion', February 2009 Click here

Or visit a research note on China's MegaTrends (1) Massive Urbanization- A Billion Urbanites by 2030 Click here

But there is no substitute to visiting China, both her cities and her rural heartland, in order to grasp the 'the sorriness underlying the grandest things and the grandeur underlying the sorriest things' (Thomas Hardy, 'Far From the Madding Crowd').

Whatever way you look at it, this is the largest and fastest urbanization drive in human history!

Best regards,

Andrew