About Andrew Stokols
China through a Subnational Lens
Sinocities explores the intersection of cities, urban technology, China, architecture & design, and the global and geopolitical implications of China’s urbanization and infrastructure development, both within China and abroad. It is written by Andrew Stokols, (PhD. Political Economy of Urban Development at MIT, research fellow Harvard Kennedy School).
In many respects, the story of China’s rapid economic boom is the story of urbanization. Some might think that with the era of slowing growth and sinking real estate market, China’s urbanization story is over. But 35% of the country (477 million people by some measures) remain rural, and there are continued policy efforts to further urbanize the country to reach a percentage of “developed countries” around 80%, which is forecasted for 2035.