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Why China Needs More Human-Scale Development
It's time for fast-growing Asian cities to dump the super-block.
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Olympics 2012
Beijing's Olympic Ruins
Already decaying infrastructure from the 2008 Summer Games should serve as a lesson to all cities that follow.
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Photos
China's Air Pollution Problem Explained in One Animation
These before-and-after graphics show just how severe the problem has become.
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Postcard
What It Looks Like to Clean the Top of the World
Wild shots of window washers.
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Videos
Why Do We Keep Making Abominable Olympic Theme Songs?
One-upmanship is probably to blame.
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What's Making China Fat?
Obesity rates have skyrocketed in China over the last generation, at the same time that its cities have exploded. A group of researchers is now trying to pin down the relationship between the two.
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The Lonely Life of the Chinese Graffiti Writer
Spray-painting walls in Beijing isn't actually all that dangerous. So why are there so few people doing it?
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Democracy in America
This Week in Bans: Beijing's Public Toilets to Become Fly-Free
Also, L.A. outlaws plastic bags; Lady Gaga ponders violent threats in Jakarta; and much more.
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Photos
Construction Finally Ends at CCTV's Beijing Headquarters
After many setbacks, Rem Koolhaas's "reinvention of the skyscraper" is nearly ready to open.
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The De-Bikification of Beijing
Cycling has dropped precipitously in China's capital. Will it ever be popular again?
