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Shanghai has sunk 6 ft since 1921 →
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(Photo by Jakob Montrasio.)
Kate Springer of TIME’s Ecocentric blog, has some eye-popping numbers in her latest post on land subsidence, which she says is affecting more than 50 cities in China. Across the country, 49,000 sq. mi. of land have dropped at least 8 in, and Shanghai is, unsurprisingly, leading China’s rapid descent into the ground, and has sunk more than 6...
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April 2012
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3D Printing Pivotal to Forbidden City Extreme... →
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The Forbidden City has—at least to Western eyes— been shrouded in mystery over the course of its almost-600-year history, and the headlines it’s making today tell a classic tale, not only of East meeting West, but of Old meeting New. It turns out, the Forbidden City is about to undergo an extreme home makeover of monumental proportions but, instead of construction crews, the...
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“Once established in New York, Mrs. Xue said, “you are a player.”
– via NYtimes_As Investors, Chinese Turn to New York
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