Again from the Three on the Bund talk, but this time it's Wu Jiang,
the vice president of Shanghai Tongji University. His talk was a bit
more exciting, but mostly because I can understand what he's saying.
His lecture raised a very important issue facing china in the recent years
and will amplify exponentially in the years to come. China is rapidly
urbanizing, but in a very unique situation. China is the most populous
nation, but it isn't the biggest. China's man to land ratio is
significantly smaller than other nations. Wu Jiang also raises the
concern that China's urbanization is a very inorganic one. China does
not grow on its own terms, but tries very hard to emulate European and
American cities. Chinese urbanization is drastically different from
the path western cities took, and according to Mr. Jiang, following
that route will be disastrous for not only China, but the other
eastern countries beginning to urbanize as well.
