China 2069: Triumph or Travesty?
A look at the dueling paths of the world’s next great superpower
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13 min readJan 31, 2019
In the science fiction short story “Folding Beijing,” author Hao Jingfang conjures a future in which China’s capital is a miracle of postmodern origami engineering. The city is its own mighty Transformer robot, endlessly reconfiguring itself in an alternating cycle between the luxury accommodations of…
