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Sustainable urbanisation drives innovation

China’s drive towards sustainable development is inspiring some innovative urban planning solutions. Due to its relatively late industrialisation it has the opportunity to develop its new cities while learning from mistakes made in the West. Mark Harrison, Sector Director for Urban Planning and Consultancy for…

China’s Urbanisation: Opportunities and Challenges for the World

Will China’s urbanisation process result in improvements to social welfare and an eventual reform of the hukou system?

Living with urbanisation

As well the commercial opportunities created by China’s rapid urbanisation there are also many personal challenges that affect those who move to developing cities. Adam McWhirter from Maxxelli Real Estate compares two of China’s cities on the up and finds that both have undergone major…

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In for the Long Haul

Aerospace and aviation are both growing industries in China

An Industry on the Up

The Chinese aerospace manufacturing market has become a fairly hot media topic in recent years

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Come Fly with Me

From the delivery of their first aircraft 28 years ago until the present day, Airbus’ operations in China have grown impressively

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EU-China Civil Aviation Project

  Steady growth in China’s aviation industry has seen its total number of flights reach around 10,000 per day, the third highest in the world behind the European Union (EU) and the United States (US

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‘I’ in the Sky

Obtaining government approval for new aviation projects or initiatives in China is a complicated procedure for foreign airlines

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A Soft Landing

When he first came to China in 2007 Angelo Cecchini only envisioned being here for a few months. Six years on he is still here