According to people who're seeing it themselves, Beijing is almost convulsively transforming itself from an ancient city to some 21st-century modern contraption. Neighborhoods get torn down, towers go up. I suppose that this happens most all the time in cities all over the place. One need only look at Times Square a hundred years ago. But this essay points to the awe inspiring speed with which this stuff goes up.
I kind of wish that I could be going to Beijing this summer to see some of this delirious growth, but I'm also a little afraid. Business towers in a few months is impressive, but the environmental policies of the Chinese government casts a real pall over this stuff.
Posted by matt at March 23, 2008 9:03 AM | TrackBack