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I'm not entirely clear on the rationale behind the construction of such countless skyscrapers and high-rise buildings. After all, instead of a single skyscraper, countless other initiatives could be implemented, more valuable to a community and its urban environment, while creating a similar number of job opportunities. Judging by my own experience traveling around China, megacities look impressive from a bird's eye view, but they fall short from a pedestrian perspective. Many road surfaces are in dismal condition, requiring major repairs or complete restructuring. These observations come from trips to Qingdao, Chongqing, Lijiang, Dali, Urumqi, Karamay, Beijing, and Linyi.
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Most cities with heavy infrastructure with deep foundations/ water extraction will have subsidence. the only place that is stable for longest period is Europe.
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Valentine said:
I'm not entirely clear on the rationale behind the construction of such countless skyscrapers and high-rise buildings. After all, instead of a single skyscraper, countless other initiatives could be implemented, more valuable to a community and its urban environment, while creating a similar number of job opportunities. Judging by my own experience traveling around China, megacities look impressive from a bird's eye view, but they fall short from a pedestrian perspective. Many road surfaces are in dismal condition, requiring major repairs or complete restructuring. These observations come from trips to Qingdao, Chongqing, Lijiang, Dali, Urumqi, Karamay, Beijing, and Linyi.
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Places I have been to, road surfaces are much better in chongqing, lijiang, dali, beijing than taipei(going behind the main buildings like around taipei 101 is pretty bad). Note some of the road surfaces are build the traditional way with large or small rocks, which might not be as flat as concrete road.
 
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Valentine said:
I'm not entirely clear on the rationale behind the construction of such countless skyscrapers and high-rise buildings. After all, instead of a single skyscraper, countless other initiatives could be implemented, more valuable to a community and its urban environment, while creating a similar number of job opportunities. Judging by my own experience traveling around China, megacities look impressive from a bird's eye view, but they fall short from a pedestrian perspective. Many road surfaces are in dismal condition, requiring major repairs or complete restructuring. These observations come from trips to Qingdao, Chongqing, Lijiang, Dali, Urumqi, Karamay, Beijing, and Linyi.
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Sometimes the local government approves a construction then the Central government later intervenes.

An example is this. Dailan basically tried to create a little kyoto replicate the Japanese city but then Beijing shut it down.

If your wondering how could a project be approved in the first place that because Dailan is infamous for worshipping Japan and being the most Japan friendly city in all of China minus Taiwan.
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An example is this. Dailan basically tried to create a little kyoto replicate the Japanese city but then Beijing shut it down.

If your wondering how could a project be approved in the first place that because Dailan is infamous for worshipping Japan and being the most Japan friendly city in all of China minus Taiwan.
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Ironic, considering the origins of Kyoto. The names of the two original districts of Kyoto was, "Luoyang," and "Chang'an," each being built as a replica of the city they were named after. So a replica of Kyoto would in fact be a replica of Tang dynasty Luoyang and Chang'an.

Given the choice was to make a replica of Kyoto and not any other Japanese city, I think the central government overreacted. Kyoto is not just a Japanese city- it is also a snapshot of the height of Chinese culture and represents a time of more harmonious and natural state of Sino-Japanese relations. And a reminder that all Japanese culture derived from Chinese culture.
 
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FriedRiceNSpice said:
Ironic, considering the origins of Kyoto. The names of the two original districts of Kyoto was, "Luoyang," and "Chang'an," each being built as a replica of the city they were named after. So a replica of Kyoto would in fact be a replica of Tang dynasty Luoyang and Chang'an.
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I mean China dosen't really need this little kyoto when Xi'an (The original city) exists. Kyoto is basically a copy of Xi’an but smaller. Why copy a copy when the original already exists in China.

Basically this is just for the domestic tourism market but Beijing ended it.
 
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I mean China dosen't really need this little kyoto when Xi'an (The original city) exists. Kyoto is basically a copy of Xi’an but smaller. Why copy a copy when the original already exists in China.

Basically this is just for the domestic tourism market but Beijing ended it.
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Well Xi'an is in the middle of nowhere, and Xi'an's culutural and historical significance goes much farther in the past than Tang dynasty- as it was basically the capital continuously since the Zhou dynasty up until the Tang dynasty.
 
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