Shanghai and Beyond: The Making of a 21st Century Megalopolis The newly inaugurated Shanghai-Suzhou-Hangzhou quantum communication corridor represents more than just technological achievement—it symbolizes the deepening integration of what urban planners now call "the world's most sophisticated city cluster
Shanghai 2025: The Rise of a Mega-Metropolitan Ecosystem The Shanghai of 2025 exists simultaneously as a global financial capital and as the nucleus of the world's most ambitious metropolitan experiment. Spanning 35,800 square kilometers across Shanghai municipality and portions of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and
The Shanghai Vortex: How China's Financial Capital and its Satellite Cities Are Creating the World's Most Advanced Megapolis I. THE MAKING OF A MEGAREGIONFrom the observation deck of Shanghai Tower, one can witness the physical manifestation of an ambitious vision - a sprawling network of cities, towns and villages pulsating with economic activity, all connected by ribbo