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I find urban China absolutely fascinating, a feeling of relentless unbounded growth and development like London in the mid 1800s or New York in the 19?0s. To th
by polshaw 13y ago
I find urban China absolutely fascinating, a feeling of relentless unbounded growth and development like London in the mid 1800s or New York in the 19?0s. To think how quickly these mega cities pop up out of nothing.. I have a feeling we will see nothing again quite like it.
On a similar vein to the OP, this is a video of a walkabout through the SED electronics market in Shenzhen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF0Qaxzp2nQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF0Qaxzp2nQ
Be forewarned, it's just the guy looking at tablets and asking prices of everything, but a skip through really gives you an impression of the place and the diversity of manufacturers (skin deep, at least).
- vidarh 13y agoThe craziest part is how these cities are rapidly merging, with the Pearl River Delta well on its way to becoming a single city at least in structure. Coupled with the Yangtze River Delta and the Bohai Economic Rim, with active policy to to connect the constituent cities. It makes London and New York seem like little villages. We're talking potentially forming a continuous megalopolis of quarter of a billion people or more within the next couple of decades, consisting of a handful of tightly connected megacities.