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The Great sprawl of China (The Economist)

by Richard Hall | Jan 29, 2015 | Myths, Policy, Public Debate | 0 comments

IN ANCIENT times, Beijing built towering city walls that helped to prevent undefendable sprawl. These days it builds ring roads, stretching built-up areas ever outwards..Great Sprawl

 

 

 

 

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