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[theashesstir]

Shanghai is a masssive mother bitch... allow me to illustrate.

For frame of reference, in the picture below the tiny building in front of the massive tower; the one w/ the red arrow pointing at it, is alone a good 40-45 stories, and about as tall as anything in Vancouver. The Oriental Pearl Tower deal is about 470 Metres tall, with the topmost

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[astererebos]

damn.

[theashesstir]

apparently that's what ten consecutive years of a higher than 9.0% GDP annual growth rate does. As I understand it, the vast majority of this ultra-urbanization has come to pass since the early 90s.

"Socialism - the chinese way" (read: state dominated capitalism).