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Tiananmen Square: A Foreign Journey To The Forbidden Heart Of China

​Scene from Tiananmen Square, Beijing, 2019.
Scene from Tiananmen Square, Beijing, 2019. Hennie Stander / Unsplash

As the People’s Republic of China turns 75, journalist Jens Mühling attempts to visit Tiananmen Square, where the country’s great dramas have always taken place.

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Smarter Cities

China And The Ghosts Of “Great Leap Forward” Urbanization

Construction of the Shenyangnan Railway Station, the biggest in northeastern China, will be completed
Construction of the Shenyangnan Railway Station, the biggest in northeastern China, will be completed Zhang Wenkui/Xinhua via ZUMA

-Analysis- BEIJING — A recent United Nations report predicted that the year 2017 will be the turning point for China’s demography. After reaching its peak that year, the population will start to drop. And yet at the same time, as a recent survey of China’s State Council showed, each major Chinese city has plans to […]

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