On the last stretch of flatlands north of Beijing, just before the Mongolian foothills, lies the satellite city of Tiantongyuan. Built during the euphoric run-up to the 2008 Olympics, it was designed as a modern, Hong Kong–style housing district of over 400,000 people, with plentiful shopping and a subway line into Beijing. But it was a rushed job, and planners neglected to
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Himika Akram reporter Certain episodes in history stand out as glaring reminders of the devastating impact that well-intentioned but poorly managed policies can have on our planet’s sensitive ecosystems. One such occurrence was China’s Sparrow Hunt Campaign, which was a part of the infamous “Four Pests Campaign” during the Great Leap Forward of Communist-led China…