I have used Nokia phones since 1995 with a 2110i and onto a 5110 in 1999 then 3310 in 2002. 2004-05 I was in Canada with some awful phone and then China with 6210 and E71 and recently X3. One thing that has struck me is that the phones over time have had Nokia phones […]
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Response to Sean Chiao: Planning China’s megacities
Mega-cities are becoming a hot topic in China and academics & government seems to moving on from eco-city and low carbon city to mega-city. Recently Sean Chiao, the executive vice president of China for AECOM posted Planning China’s megacities on McKinsey stating that Mega-cities need to be planned, managed in an innovative way. Scott goes […]
PRADA – Summer 2011 – Full of Play & Colour
Fun and play is needed in everyday lives. I saw this PRADA campaign on Studio Banana TV and thought it was fun and colourful
No Property Bubble in China – Developer
Recently Vincent Lo the chairman of Shui On Group (developer of Xintandi) came out and stated that there is no property bubble and bascially there isn’t enough land on which to build in China. I don’t know if he was taking about land in general, available green/brown fields or cities that have land that is […]
Cities as Brands in China
Cities are like brands – they need to have a plan, market, grow, and innovate. Cities can’t just plan and grow and expect investment, residents and tourists to appear. Just getting by can work for some cities such as Paris, Rome or Venice or other world-renown tourist cities – if that is the one of […]