The announcement attracted international headlines: a new Chinese city is being built–a “forest city.” The Milan-based design firm hired by the urban planning department of Liuzhou, an inland city of 1 million residents an 11-hour train ride southwest from Shanghai, to develop the project at a…
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SHANGHAI — When the 22-floor Park Hotel was built here in 1934 it was the tallest building in the city—and it stayed at that lofty peak for nearly 50 years. I’m here exploring this handsome art deco building for a personal reason and a professional one.…
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SHANGHAI – The price of a ton of carbon emissions reached a high of 36 yuan, about US$6, the other day on this city’s unique trading exchange, which regulates more than 300 local enterprises, including the world’s busiest port, and the enormous Pudong airport. Shanghai’s four-year-old…
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