Chengdu Ex-Mayor Faces Corruption Charges
With the installment of a new leadership in Beijing comes the requisite crackdown on corruption across the country. The highest-level victim of this crackdown so far is the once-grand overlord of...
View ArticleLi Chuncheng’s Fall Threatens Chengdu’s Rise
The aftershocks of former Sichuan Province deputy Party Secretary Li Chuncheng’s takedown are starting to ripple through Chengdu’s real estate sector. Developers are freezing projects, architects are...
View ArticleThe Good, The Bad and The Ugly in Chengdu
First, the good. The extra level to the Second Ring Road has turned out to be a surprisingly efficient piece of work, with its own anoetic beauty. The clean concrete lines of the pylons, and the fresh,...
View ArticleThe China Dream: In English
At 8:05 a.m., a smartly dressed university student wearing a black pantsuit strolls across the stage, nervously adjusts her microphone and starts to speak. On the other side of the nation Xi Jinping...
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