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...here that day to see how construction was progressing. Our house, along with about 140 others, was going up in a development called Emerald Riverside. It sits on the banks of a tributary that dumps into the Huangpu, the river that cuts 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...
...underway across the country. "Everyone knows in its cities, China is building up - but it's also building out," says Jing Ulrich, managing director and head of research at JP Morgan in Hong Kong. In Beijing, a high-speed rail link will bring cities like Tianjin, 70 miles (113 km) away, into commuting distance by this summer. In places such as Chongqing to the west and Dalian in the north, says Ulrich, the same pattern of development is taking shape...
...part of the reason my wife and I, with a 3-year-old daughter in tow, moved here - our daughter had developed a persistent hacking cough that she couldn't seem to shake. By 2010, in and around Shanghai there will be some 2,600 miles (4,200 km) of new highways that didn't exist in 2000. And millions of new cars will be traversing them. Shanghai may make Los Angeles on a bad day look as clear as a bell...
This far West Texas town is so isolated that while you can cross the Mexican border in less than an hour for lunch, the nearest shopping mall is 200 miles (about 320 km) away. Those who live around here take immense pride in the desolate landscape that served as the backdrop for the films with the most Academy Award nominations this year, Joel and Ethan Coen's murderous No Country for Old Men and Paul Thomas Anderson's epic There Will Be Blood. But instead of buzzing about their potential golden night at the Oscars, locals are more concerned these...
...speaker of the Texas House. If approved and constructed, the route would significantly increase the number of long-haul trucks bringing goods from Mexico through Marfa. In 2006, the average number of trucks crossing the U.S. border at Presidio and being driven the 60 miles (about 100 km) north to Marfa each day was 17. With La Entrada, that number would be anywhere from 300 to 800 trucks a day. To make room, a pair of two-lane roads will be widened to four-lane divided highways. Allison Scott, a 29-year Marfa resident, knows exactly what that will sound...