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Cities of China

Introducing the cities of China through personal reminiscences, interesting facts, and a time-lapse video.

Urbanization Visualized

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We talk a lot about the massive urbanization that has taken place in China since the 1980s but what does it look like? In the past installments of this series on China’s cities, I have highlighted a video of different cities around China that show what this urbanization looks like from the ground—the roads, the parks, the buildings, the people.

But what does urbanization look like from a distance—from space?

Today’s video clip is a bit different. Produced by Tech Insider,  it is a collection of satellite images taken of various cities over the course of decades. You can watch the cities grow before your eyes!

Enjoy!

Image credit:NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Joann Pittman

周宁现任华源协作伙伴关系与中国事工副总裁,并担任《每周中国快讯》(ZGBriefs)编辑。 加入华源协作之前,周宁曾在中国工作 28 年,期间担任过英语教师、语言学习者及项目主任,也为在中国工作的机构与企业提供跨文化培训。她曾在明尼苏达州的西北大学(University of Northwestern–St. Paul)教授中文,并在惠顿学院(Wheaton College)及泰勒大学(Taylor University)教授中国文化与…