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China's Boomtowns
JUNE 2007
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Unstoppable Cities
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Mountains pose no obstacle to Lishui officials as they clear land for the industrial reshaping of their city. To create a 5.6-square-mile (14.5 square kilometers) factory zone (top), engineers razed 108 hilltops. Aiming to double the city's population to half a million by 2020, planners intend to open a second, larger zone, joining the trend of cities gobbling up land across China.
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