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TL;dr A supercity in China plans for 130 million people covering a land mass equivalent to the State of Kansas.
A new megalopolis is in the making. The article written by Ian Johnson with a July 19, 2015 byline and related video (link above) unveil a massive undertaking to create a megaregion, a geographic area of contiguous human population interconnected through transportation, commerce, and communication.
According to the article, the main component of the plan will be a high speed rail project: the same motive behind America 2050. It could be decades when (and if) this ever comes to pass. According to Johnson, Yanjiao, a "bedroom community" located 25 miles from Beijing, has ballooned to a population of 700,000 in ten years with 25-story apartment complexes, a few hospitals, overcrowded schools (with classes over 60 children), no theaters, no bus terminals and limited public services, such as inadequate drainage. The plan could be vibrant threads connecting people or too-many nightmarish slums-in-process. Further, the article suggests the imagined rail line, hitting speeds over 150 miles per hour, will connect residential areas to industrial zones, cultural centers, and educational opportunities. The railways hope to expand the 60-mile radius (or one-hour commute by car) that is the standard for Western urban planning. The new megalopolis is nicknamed Jing-Jin-Ji after Beijing, Tianjin, and "Ji", the popular name for the Hebei province of China. TL;dr A supercity in China plans for 130 million people covering a land mass equivalent to the State of Kansas.
Related links:
Megaregions and the Church in North America, www.professorprice.net America2050.org "As Beijing Becomes a Supercity, the Rapid Growth Brings Pains" by Ian Johnson, July 19, 2015, New York Times, July 19, 2015 Hat tip to the observant redittor rollotomasi07071 at the subreddit r/worldnews
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