The 2011 China Skyscraper City List shows the speed with which China is redrawing the skylines of its major cities as it builds houses and offices for the millions of people migrating from a rural to urban lifestyle over the coming decades. Compiled by But is it possible that tall buildings also precipitate crashes? According to one analyst, yes—and China, in particular, is heading for a bust. The concept is called the Skyscraper Index, and it was named in a 1999 paper by economist Andrew Lawrence Shanghai World Financial Center and Jin Mao Tower. The city's skyline is getting bigger. Overall, by 2015, China will have more tall skyscrapers than the U.S., which currently ranks as home to the largest skyscrapers in the world. (Photo credit: Wikipedia The world's 2nd tallest skyscraper, Shanghai Tower, at Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai, China is to open to the public in a month or two (mid-2015). It measures 2,073 feet with 128 stories in the financial district of Shanghai, only surpassed by Burj Khalifa in (CNN)At the beginning of February, construction workers gathered at a sparse building site in the city of Changsha, south-central China. A little under three weeks later, a 57-story skyscraper stood on the very same the spot. The "Mini Sky City" tower is The allure of Sydney’s skyscrapers has never been greater In the latest indication of strong overseas demand, sovereign wealth funds from China and the United Arab Emirates are said to be vying with Blackstone Group LP, Brookfield Asset Management .
China likes everything tall: tall buildings, tall people – there are even special summer camps aimed at growing taller children. These days the country also has an obsession with greenness (running parallel to its increasingly dire pollution problems). Taipei has a population of 2.6 million people and features a cityscape of tall buildings and skyscrapers that could be vulnerable The next area in the storm's path looks likely to be southeast China, where it may hit overnight on Friday into Saturday The world's 2nd tallest skyscraper, Shanghai Tower, at Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai, China is to open to the public in a month or two (mid-2015). It measures 2,073 feet with 128 stories in the financial district of Shanghai, only surpassed by Burj Khalifa in Over the past two decades, hundreds of skyscrapers have been built in China’s fast growing cities. Nowhere is this transformation more stark than in Shanghai, home to Shanghai Tower, China’s tallest skyscraper. CCTV’s Lin Nan reported this story from .
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