Mega-cities

. May 2010 - This comes from an article by Harry Bruinius in the SCMP "In 1980, only 51 cities with more than 500,000 people existed in China, according to UN figures. Since then, that number has jumped to 236. By 2025, the UN estimates, China will add 100 more cities to this group, at it pursues moving millions of rural peasants into vast urban networks. And with its robust rate of economic growth, China has the money to pursue the theorem "If we build, they will come". Its centralized political system also makes it easier to plan new urban networks without significant resistance."