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Reuters reports that five people have been charged with intentional injury in southern China after a teenager sold one of his kidneys in order to purchase an iPad and iPhone.

via MacRumors

whatdougsees:

A very interesting analysis by Galina Hale and Bart Hobijn of the San Francisco Fed concludes that very little of American personal consumption spending actually ends up in China. When Americans go buy stuff, they’re overwhelmingly buying things that are made in America.

And yes, here’s another rant about the traditional media which, rather than educate, repeats sensational headlines.

I have no idea whether Chinese architects can do this.

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“…maybe they can — but I didn’t want to take that risk. In China there was no development like this. The villa market is rather young in China.”

Wang Qian, a consultant for the developer, the ZK Real Estate Development Company of Shanghai.

China Boom Benefiting Smaller U.S. Architecture Firms - NYTimes.com

thiscitycalledearth:

Photograph by Harry Kaufmann, Shanghai.

I am not praising China because I want to emulate their system. I am praising it because I am worried about my system.

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Thomas Friedman

Op-Ed Columnist - Too Many Hamburgers? - NYTimes.com

Architecture for a Floating Population
Designed by Julian Liang
via eVolo

spime:

more from China’s Instant Cities
simcities:douglashaddow

The bridge is part of a proposal by NL Architects to connect Hong Kong with mainland China. To do that, they had to solve a problem: In Hong Kong, people drive on the left side of the road. In mainland China, they drive on the right side. Here’s the solution: A road flipper that physically twists the roads over each other.
via Gizmodo

Manufacturing #17, Deda Chicken Processing Plant, Dehui City, Jilin Province, 2005.
by Edward Burtynsky

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