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...Shanghai in two about 28 miles (45 km) to the northeast. On that dreary afternoon I gazed out to the other side of the river, looking at the only significant patch of land for miles that was not yet being developed - about five acres (20,000 sq m) of green that local farmers still used to grow watermelons, which they then sold to the migrant workers building this town. On the far bank there was a ramshackle one-room brick house, where three of the farmers lived - a husband, wife and teenage son. They had no running water - they bathed...
...Ironically, all of these new suburbs in Shanghai, mine included, bill themselves as environmentally friendly. And relatively speaking, they are. There is green space here - large grassy parks and small lawns, which don't exist in the city. But things have hardly started yet. I recently asked a retired Shanghai city planner how much thought had gone into the environmental consequences of the Short March. He sighed. "We know people will probably have to drive more. There will be more cars on the streets everywhere. But there are other important factors to consider." Such as? He paused, and just rotated...
...others, as for us, it was the cleaner environment, a little bit of green and a lot more space. "I love it out here," says Chen. "It's quiet, and the air is better." Two couples we've become friendly with say they want to have a second child - now permissible in Shanghai since the government loosened the one-child policy a bit in 2004. All this at a price much cheaper than it would be to buy a decent apartment in Shanghai (let alone a house in the San Fernando Valley...
...Ginseng green tea—yes, master...
...mayor. He responded to Livingstone's announcement with a statement attacking the "appalling state of the transport system" and suggesting that the new charge will hit poorer families who can't afford to exchange their old bangers for new, clean cars. "In effect, the mayor has just given the green light for richer people to buy smaller cars and enter the zone for free while families who struggle with one big car are left feeling the pinch...