Preview for 2014: Urbanization

China Daily would like to focus more on how urbanization affects people's everyday lives and how enormous business potential will be created.

Keeping the lid on our housing prices

Nobel laureate and Yale University professor Robert Shiller was one of the first global economists to talk about the runaway risks in China's spiraling property prices.

Ginger city snaps into shape

Central to ginger production in China is Laiwu, a city of about 1.3 million people in East China's Shandong province. It also does a big line in garlic.

China looks abroad for urbanization ideas

China's Foreign Ministry on Monday said the country is willing to enhance cooperation with other countries in urbanization.

Farmers prepared to reap benefits from land reform

Farmer explores business of bugs

Wang Fuming spends 8 hours every day with cockroaches — millions of them. He even dines on them, fried, in the belief they can cure his stomach disease.

In small-town China, movies are big

Opinion leaders like critics may have the final say in the appraisal of a film, but it is the young in provincial cities that increasingly determine the box-office results in the Chinese market.

Market moves to modern mall as Lhasa safeguards the past

More than 3,000 street stalls along Lhasa's Yutok Street moved to a new shopping mall on Friday to better protect and upgrade the ancient city center.

Truck makers pin hopes on urbanization

Industry analysts say prospects for Chinese truck manufacturers overseas still look grim because of high barriers to entry in mature markets like Europe and the United States coupled with a saturation of Chinese brands in traditional export destinations like the Middle East and South Africa.

Living in an urban village: 'Iron-digger'

13-year-old boy Xiong Sansan's parents make a living by cleaning and collecting scraps, and digging waste iron from construction sites.

Smart cities to aid urbanization

Many factors can make visions become a reality — sometimes it's a traffic jam, other times it's a pleasant drive.

Laws bring reduction in forced demolition

New rules help keep violent incidents and confrontations in check.