China is building hundreds of insane new megacities
THEY seem like illusions at first glance — what were once sparsely populated landscapes are suddenly being transformed into mammoth cities.
This is the reality in China, where hundreds of megacities and towns have been springing up seemingly out of nowhere, at mind-boggling speeds. With the government planning to move more than 100 million people from the countryside into the cities within the next 10 years, it’s no wonder that a massive building spree is underway.
EXPLORING THE ART AND SOUL OF BEIJING
And nothing will stop them — not even mountains, as witnessed with engineers literally flattening mountains to carve out cities in areas such as Yan’an, Shiyan and Chongqing. In fact, China plans to flatten 700 mountains in total and fill in the valleys with the debris, in order to create 250 square kilometres of land where new cities will be built.
It’s a staggering thought. Here are four cities that are being built at a dizzying speed — and it hasn’t been smooth sailing.
มาดู มหานครสร้างใหม่ในจีน เงินเยอะก็ดีอย่าง เอาเงินดอลล่าห์มาสร้าง โครงสร้างพื้นฐาน
THEY seem like illusions at first glance — what were once sparsely populated landscapes are suddenly being transformed into mammoth cities.
This is the reality in China, where hundreds of megacities and towns have been springing up seemingly out of nowhere, at mind-boggling speeds. With the government planning to move more than 100 million people from the countryside into the cities within the next 10 years, it’s no wonder that a massive building spree is underway.
EXPLORING THE ART AND SOUL OF BEIJING
And nothing will stop them — not even mountains, as witnessed with engineers literally flattening mountains to carve out cities in areas such as Yan’an, Shiyan and Chongqing. In fact, China plans to flatten 700 mountains in total and fill in the valleys with the debris, in order to create 250 square kilometres of land where new cities will be built.
It’s a staggering thought. Here are four cities that are being built at a dizzying speed — and it hasn’t been smooth sailing.