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Some renders of the project: https://www.chapmantaylor.com/projects/xiongan-new-area-urban-masterplan

More info: https://www.hitachi.com/rev/archive/2021/r2021_01/gir/index.html

And a funny fp article: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/01/22/china-xi-xiongan-future-city/

If Shenzhen signaled China’s experimentation with market reforms under Deng Xiaoping, then Xiongan represents a partial reversal. Today, the phrase Xiongan zhiliang (“Xiongan quality”) is used to describe the city as a symbol of “high-quality development,”

xi-peel

I know this is old news now, but it seems like they've finished the train station and are developing quickly. Pls Xi send us decade long infrastructure plans which aren't a bucket of cement to plaster over exposed rebar.

What do the urban planning heads here think?

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[–] nightshade@hexbear.net 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Urban design guidelines call for new “five-minute blocks,” allowing residents to access community medical clinics, child and elder care facilities, and a range of other one-stop services within a five-minute walk

Send this to conservatives to give them heart attacks

[–] citrussy_capybara@hexbear.net 14 points 8 months ago

10 minutes? xi-square-up nah, cutting that in half.

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 12 points 8 months ago

Looks like I know where I'm moving when I'm done with my work funded qualification rat-salute