The Bridge Over the Earth’s Crack
On 28 September 2025 a four-lane expressway bridge opened across the Huajiang Grand Canyon in Guizhou, in China’s mountainous south-west, with its road deck…
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How the Pearl River Delta Became a Megalopolis
Fly into the Pearl River Delta at night and the old map stops making sense. There is no visible gap between Guangzhou and Foshan,…
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How Pudong Was Built on Mud
Every evening crowds gather on the Bund to photograph the towers across the Huangpu. The view is so familiar that it is easy to…
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How China Built Its Bullet Train Empire
On 1 August 2008, a week before the Beijing Olympics opened, a white train left Beijing South station for Tianjin. It covered roughly 120…
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Dujiangyan Still Feeds Sichuan
Most great works of ancient engineering survive as ruins. Dujiangyan is different. On the western edge of the Chengdu Plain in Sichuan, where the…
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