China http://localhost/taxonomy/term/260/all en An empty city for sale http://localhost/2009/11/12/an-empty-city-for-sale <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden prose"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>If we needed any further confirmation that <a href="/2009/09/20/poundbury-in-china/">China is the champion builder of sprawl in this decade</a> (sorry America, you don't even come close against things like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZkfm2hxWeM">Dubai Marina</a>), this reporter traveled to an entire city built by developers in Inner Mongolia, that, it turns out, no one wants to move to because there is no economy there, as compared to the traditional city down the road.</p> <p>[youtube 0h7V3Twb-Qk]</p></div></div></div> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:38:35 +0000 Mathieu Helie 148 at http://localhost Poundbury in China http://localhost/2009/09/20/poundbury-in-china <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden prose"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=31.035482,121.19227&amp;z=17&amp;t=h&amp;hl=en">Thames Town</a> in Songjiang New City, Shanghai.</p> <p><a href="http://mathieuhelie.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/poundburyinchina2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-513" title="PoundburyInChina" src="http://mathieuhelie.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/poundburyinchina2.jpg?w=300" alt="PoundburyInChina" width="300" height="200" /></a></p></div></div></div> Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:40:19 +0000 Mathieu Helie 145 at http://localhost