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5 Things To Know About Doing Business In Shenzhen
China is not the centre of the tech world, but with a manufacturing and consumer electronics powerhouse like Shenzhen,…
2015-03-20
4 Ways AI Could Transform The Economy As We Know It
The European Central Bank – but could AI soon usurp its role?Image: Reuters/Wolfgang Rattay Artificial intelligence is catalyzing significant…
2024-03-06
The World’s Next Megacities
By 2050, 70 percent of the world’s population will live in cities, up from 54 percent in 2020,…
2023-01-20
The Wealthiest Cities in the World in 2022
The USA dominates the world’s Top 20 Cities with the Most Millionaires in 2022, with New York taking the crown…
2022-10-23
Beijing Dethrones New York As The World’s Billionaire Capital
New York has been dethroned by Beijing as the world’s billionaire capital; a position that it held for…
2021-04-13
4 Predictions For Blockchain In 2021 – From Cryptocurrencies To Art
This year has been off to a notable start for crypto and blockchain. On Jan. 7 the total…
2021-02-03
The World’s Top Cities Face Stiff Competition, Here’s Why
As concerns about geopolitics, demographics and climate change rise and technological advances redefine established city hierarchies, the attention…
2020-02-06
What We Know Suggests The Economic Impact Of Wuhan Coronavirus Will Be Limited
The Wuhan coronavirus has had a significant human toll. More than 100 people have died and nearly 3,000…
2020-01-28
Maxis & Huawei Collaborate on Malaysia’s First TechCity to Build Seamless Digital Communities & Drive Innovative Personalized Experiences
Maxis and Huawei Technologies Malaysia (Huawei) are gearing up for the next frontier in 5G innovation and development…
2020-01-15
‘We Die Together’: Hong Kong Protests Are Being Driven By A Fearless Young Generation
As the protests in Hong Kong continue, it’s not uncommon to see teenagers dressed in full battle gear.…
2019-08-24
Beijing Is Moving To Stamp Out The Hong Kong Protests – But It May Have Already Lost The City For Good
Since the start of mass demonstrations in Hong Kong in early June, there has been a significant escalation…
2019-08-16
Hong Kong Protests: History Lessons For Beijing From British Colonial Era Uprising
Beijing has made no secret that it is weighing up the option of using force – either through…
2019-08-15
US-China Trade War: Impact On Tech Companies
The ongoing US-China trade war is turning out to be really ugly for tech companies. No matter how…
2019-06-08
An Intriguing Sci-Fi Vision Of A Megacity
Artist Olalekan Jeyifous creates fantastical, futuristic images of Lagos, Nigeria, to get people thinking about how we live…
2018-10-15
The Rise Of The Rest (Of The World)
American cities still have the edge when it comes to high-tech startups and venture capital, but other parts…
2018-04-20
Robot Cities: Three Urban Prototypes For Future Living
Before I started working on real-world robots, I wrote about their fictional and historical ancestors. This isn’t so…
2018-04-18
Empty Half The Earth Of Its Humans. It’s The Only Way To Save The Planet
There are now twice as many people as 50 years ago. But, as EO Wilson has argued, they…
2018-03-22
Stop Saying ‘Smart Cities’
Digital stardust won’t magically make future cities more affordable or resilient. The term “smart city” is interesting yet…
2018-02-28
These Are The World’s Most Innovative Cities
Innovation is seen as a key ingredient for successful cities in the 21st century economy, as new technologies…
2018-02-13
Why Hong Kong’s Container Port May Be In Terminal Decline
Hong Kong’s wealth has grown with the container shipping trade for five decades, but if the city’s port…
2017-03-09
Top 10 Urban Projects Made For People, By Its People
Take a close look at 10 of the Best Urban Projects in the World. I’ve always been fond of…
2016-05-24
A Foreign Policy For Global Cities?
Can and should global cities have their own foreign policy? This question was hotly debated at last year’s Chicago…
2016-02-27
How China’s Cities Can Curb Car Congestion
A century of car-centric urban development has left our cities polluted, congested and searching for sustainable solutions. Transport…
2015-09-09
What’s The Perfect Size For A City?
The world’s cities are sprawling over their boundaries, fragmenting into smaller parts run by competing regional governments. But…
2015-06-26
Projecting City Realities In Comics
Raised in New York, fed by newspapers and nourished by urban life, comics tell the secrets of cities…
2015-05-02
On The Future Of Architecture – Bjarke Ingels
The puckish Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has built his career on defying convention and distancing himself from his…
2015-04-23
The Dystopian Lake Filled By The World’s Tech Lust
Hidden in an unknown corner of Inner Mongolia is a toxic, nightmarish lake created by our thirst for…
2015-04-20
10 Towering Facts About The Eiffel Tower
This towering iron-lattice tower is no doubt one of the most iconic symbols of Paris and France, in…
2015-03-31
How To Build A Fairer City
Four leading academics propose the ‘grounded city’ – where sustainable transport, accessible broadband and modest housing take precedence…
2015-02-24
What Goes Up Does Not Come Down
We all know what architecture critic Banksy thinks about 1 World Trade Center. He infamously called it a…
2015-02-23
China’s Pearl River Delta Overtakes Tokyo As World’s Largest Megacity
Several hundred million more people are expected to move to cities in East Asia over the next 20…
2015-02-18
China’s Obsession With Vertical Cities
By the end of next year one-in-three of the world’s 100m+ skyscrapers will be in China, as its…
2015-01-31
The Micro-Dwellings of Hong Kong
Designers are working to make the city’s tiniest spaces liveable. Gary Chang, is a Hong Kong architect who gained a…
2015-01-29
The World’s 10 Riskiest Cities
What are the world’s riskiest cities when it comes to natural disasters? A reinsurance company set out to…
2015-01-29