Promo for City on Steroids
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You've never heard of the city of Chongqing. You can't point it out on a map. You can't even pronounce it (it's CHONG-CHING). But what you need to know is that China is building megacities like this at a pace and scale the world has never seen before. Chongqing has 12 million people and counting. It's part of the central government's plan to bring some of China's economic boom to its impoverished interior province where three out of four Chinese live. Will China's massive experiment in urbanization pay off, bringing wealth and stability, or will it cause as many social and environmental problems as it solves?
Vanguard takes you on a whirlwind tour of the city---from inside a cramped boarding house where migrant workers live to a starter apartment coveted by China's new class of yuppies; from inside ancient, crumbling teahouses to gleaming new car factories. Chongqing is a dynamic microcosm of what’s happening in the country that's changing the face of our planet.
Tune in Tonight, May 7. 10PM EST AND PST
Vanguard takes you on a whirlwind tour of the city---from inside a cramped boarding house where migrant workers live to a starter apartment coveted by China's new class of yuppies; from inside ancient, crumbling teahouses to gleaming new car factories. Chongqing is a dynamic microcosm of what’s happening in the country that's changing the face of our planet.
Tune in Tonight, May 7. 10PM EST AND PST
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