China is advancing its ambitious regional integration strategy by developing massive megacity clusters, notably the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Jing-Jin-Ji) region and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. By linking major metropolitan hubs through extensive high-speed rail networks, shared infrastructure, and coordinated economic policies, these initiatives aim to create unified economic powerhouses. The projects seek to alleviate overcrowding in capital cities, redistribute resources to surrounding areas, and foster technological innovation, positioning these integrated regions as central drivers of global economic growth.
- The megacity initiatives aim to integrate existing metropolitan areas, such as the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the Greater Bay Area, into single cohesive economic zones.
- A key component of the plan is the construction of advanced high-speed rail networks designed to reduce travel times between major cities to under an hour.
- The projects are designed to redistribute populations and industries, reducing congestion and resource strain on major urban centers.
- Significant investments are being directed toward green technology, modern telecommunications, and smart city infrastructure.
- The collective economic output of these integrated regions is projected to rival the gross domestic product of entire developed nations.
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Chrissakes. Nobody wants to live in a fricken 'mega' city especially ones fashioned after Chinese Communist Party central planning theories.
I am intrigued about this "if you build it they will come" approach, as the places I know in W Europe seem to work only with the approach "price will increase to discourage demand (even knowing that transportation and housing demand are inelastic)".
They forced the machines to run and the cities to be built, ruthlessly stripping the people of their freedom to be poor，their very right to misery
100% Kevin O'Leary funded this 'documentary'
Cities are toxic. Lived around 10 million people and decided to move to the forest. Much better quality of life.
Cyberpunk 2077 vibes.
USA waging war against IRAN and pushing the entire world into financial uncertainity versus
CHINA trying to build a megacity.
"But at what cost?"
BBC: But at what cost 😂😂😂😂😂😂
How dare they integrate their cities. Its wrong, its unsafe and very unethical.
beautiful, beautiful shots, wow
86 million is a rookie number for india.
This is what happens when countries focus on the welfare of its citizens
India can't even come close to this, not even in 100 yrs. Hail modi
Cities are not the bane of rural areas. Suburbs are. Cities pack more people into less space. Single family masterplans pave over far more rural land than skyscrapers. At least in the US
Tofu construction
takes me back to the concept of mētis and techne, from seeing like a state
This is the future for sure. Outside of the megacities, you will have farmland and nature. This is better for the environment, and it is the proper response to low fertility rates in industrialized populations.
Imagine your govt builds a city. Then forced everyone off their property. (they dont own, even tho they own it.) If you dont sell. You die
No thank you. I much prefer the humanist approach of Dutch cities. Shorter buildings, big roads on the outskirts, green and blue spaces, and pedestrian-friendly infrastructure.
What needs to be seen is that will these projects survive a post war China? By post war, I mean invasion and merger of Taiwan. It is a stated goal of China and the ideal time to conduct any such operation is within next 5 years because after that the costs would be unjustifiable.
why? because they can and because they won
As usual, the 'but at what cost' (Chinese with a slight UK accent) reporter and very selective interviews in action again. Like most of such reports of the past they will be forgotten and ignored when the advantages massively outweigh the cost (e.g. goats and tomatoes, some people's nostalgia). Remember all the ;China collapsing theories' proudly predicted by all these MSM (i.e. The Economists, WSJ) that have been proven to be so wrong in their echo chambers.
Where are those proud americans who clearly sees their country in decline but do nothing
A country becomes high income of developed economy when they enough intellectuals to innovate and create new things. I think China already has it, and they are not going to get stuck into middle income trap like other countries.
Invest 2 trillion is not okay but invest 20 trillion dollar in war is okay
Oh so like how modern Tokyo did it
These videos are narrated like it's been done before and now we're gonna judge how you do it.
So busy brainstorming all these negatives what ifs.
BUT AT WHAT COST?!?
Yangtze River Delta has a bigger GDP
The poor environment 😢
Call it Tiananmen Square. Big man small country.
The anamorphic lens makes things look so much cooler!
Can't grow without breeding more babies. Must mandate everyone to have 3 kids minimum.