Chongqing to have rail link with Rotterdam — Shanghai Daily

Posted: August 17th, 2009 | Author: Michiel Hulshof | Filed under: Chongqing | Tags: article, infrastructure, international | 1 Comment »

The story is already some weeks old, but I stumbled upon it today. The vice mayor of Chongqing (a city of >30 million souls in central China) has said his city will have a cargo railway straight to Rotterdam, the Netherlands before 2012. This will greatly boost economic potential of central and western China. More on Shanghai Daily.

Interview at English speakers corner

Posted: July 4th, 2009 | Author: Go West Project | Filed under: Project, Taiyuan | Tags: city, international | No Comments »

Interview at the English speakers corner in Taiyuan (every Saturday at 19.oo at May 1st square) by embedded director Daniel van Veen.

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The Go West Project is a crossover research project between architecture and journalism that studies new metropolises in Central and Western China. It analyzes urban and social developments in the world's fastest urbanising region.
Journalist Michiel Hulshof and architect Daan Roggeveen founded the Go West Project in Shanghai in February 2009. This website gives an overview of ideas, pictures, articles and opinions related to the cities.