China to create largest mega city in the world with 42 million people

The Telegraph ^ | 1/24/2011 | Malcolm Moore in Shanghai, Peter Foster in Beijing

[Frantzie]

Contrast this with Detroit.

[Lazamataz]

China has truly emerged as the probable next superpower. Of course, in time, they, too, will be eclipsed by another country. Such is the fate of all nations.

[mojito]

More people than in all of California.

[struggle]

Target rich environment?

[cripplecreek]

It will be the suicide capital of the world.

[steve86]

Think I would be first.

[dragnet2]

I’ll take Michigan thanks.

[Seruzawa]

The Mother of all Urban Sprawl!

[littleharbour]

Makes sense from a purely administrative standpoint, as those cities are already growing into each other. And they don’t have to worry about the views of pesky citizens to create this monstrosity. It’ll have 100 million people in it by 2050.

[bunkerhill7]

China to create largest mega city in the world with 42 million people

It will be called `Shack-Hai`

[DoughtyOne]

China is like the six year old child trying to best the neighborhood 12 year old.

“We now have the biggest city.” Who cares?

[austingirl]

I’m sure it will be a garden spot.

[squarebarb]

And I think Chinese citizens actually have to have passports to get services from other cities; they seem to be totally restricted to one city in terms of medical care etc.

[grumpygresh]

This will be a statist utopia inhabited by chip implanted drones following every command of the Chicom leadership. Tom Freidman, the NYT gang and zero would be so proud.
Clockwork Orange, your time has arrived.

[GreenAccord]

It would actually be 49 million if you counted the (horrifically) aborted baby girls.

Is that out of line?

[TruthConquers]

Largest empty city, along with empty malls.

And then they will tear it down again and rebuild it.

GDP to infinity and beyond!

[Red Badger]

...and the enviro nazis can’t say a word...................

[DoughtyOne]

Over the last nineteen years, you and I have had the distinct displeasure of watching the United States commit suicide.

Until China is that stupid, no other nation will eclipse it.

Kruschev was right. He merely had the wrong nation in mind.

Truth be told, I guess we didn’t sell China the rope. We stood on a chair. We bought it’s rope and placed it around our own neck. And then we watched as our leaders kicked the chair out from under us.

[wideawake]

The New York Metro Area is smaller than Wales, not twice the size of Wales, and it contains a more-or-less "continuous megacity" of 20 million.