New piece out! It’s about China’s urban renovation boom—featuring a Musk-like mayor with serious main character energy who treats city reform like an entrepreneurial project. We dive into Datong: an invisible, fascinating case of China’s “progress by going backward.” it was fun to chat with @J_AndradeFong, one of the major voices of California’s YIMBY movement to explore why Chinese urbanism feels so surreal—and so captivating—from an American lens.
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