China Economic Quarterly

March 2009

Urbanization: Cities Un-beautiful


By 2030, China’s cities will house a billion people. What will their lives be like?

Also in this issue:

  • Anne-Marie Brady argues that China’s current troubles will be a test of the country’s propaganda and crisis management skills
  • Tom Orlik finds the Yangtze River Delta struggling to cope with China’s export drop
  • Will Freeman wonders what makes people want to drink or invest in baijiu
  • Victor Shih reviews Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics by Yasheng Huang
  • Arthur Kroeber wishes Randall Peerenboom had paid more attention to China’s own critics of the country’s rulers and their way of doing things

Tomas Wiik2006-09