Posted on 01/25/2026 1:09:16 PM PST by nickcarraway
Steep terrain has turned elevation into a fact of everyday life in Chongqing. Beyond the viral images of its dizzying cityscape, CNA traces a quieter human story of adaptation, loss and resilience across generations.
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The sprawling metropolis in southwest China is dubbed an "8D city" - an exaggeration of 3D - for its maze-like streets and viral visuals of roads stacked atop buildings.
Mountains account for 76 per cent of Chongqing’s land areas, followed by hills at 22 per cent, and flat land at just 2 per cent, according to academic reports.
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"When you enter a building from the street, you realise you're on the 14th floor. Then you walk down 14 floors, get to what you think is the first floor, walk out, and you're still on the street."
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What if they built a ghost city and nobody came?
It looks straight out of “Blade Runner.”
Ants in an ant farm waiting for a natural disaster.
Interesting. Thanks for posting.
First earth quake, let the tofu fall where it may......
The building was designed to exploit a loophole, Li noted.
“Back then, buildings over 10 storeys were required to have elevators,” he said, adding that Baixiangju avoided crossing that threshold by working with the terrain.
Three exits - on the 1st, 10th, and 15th floors - each lead to different streets, different neighbourhoods.
“No matter which entrance you use, you’re never actually above 10 storeys, so they didn’t install elevators.”
Fascinating. Thanks for posting.
Tofu Dreg garbage. CCP propaganda.
CCP lies.
CCP steals.
CCP destroys.
CCP: “America BAD. China is living in the FUTURE” - BS
Hopefully, it’s built to fall in on itself.
Chunking was the Nationalist Chinese capitol during World War II.
It was also some really lousy canned chow mein when I was a kid. Hated that stuff.
Are they Trump fans? Many here think he plays 8D chess.
That being said, how much of what you see on YouTube is real and how much is nonsense: pretty to look at but poorly engineered.
What do you mean what if? China is all about ghost cities and Tofu construction. They also don’t give a crap about their people, that’s why they don’t give consideration to the serfs whose lives and livelihoods that will be lost when their projects cause flooding downstream.
I take it sarcasm is not your strong suit.
Everyone looks super happy over there...NOT!
The air looks like it could be cut with a knife.
Formerly called Chungking — as I recall it means “West Capital.”
Nanking = “South Capital”
Peking = “North Capital”
Taipei = “North Taiwan”
Taichung = “West Taiwan”
Tainan = “South Taiwan”
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