The World’s 31 Mega-Cities

The share of the world’s population living in cities is steadily increasing. A majority of the world’s population has lived […]

By Aidualc | 25 Apr 17 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Housing Misery Maps Going Viral on China’s Weibo

By Michael Cole, Mingtiandi, Map of China housing “agony” shows years of work necessary to save up a down-payment   […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 May 14 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Real Estate, Statistics, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Hauling New Treasure Along the Silk Road

By KEITH BRADSHER, New York Times, AZAMAT KULYENOV, a 26-year-old train driver, slid the black-knobbed throttle forward, and the 1,800-ton […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 Aug 13 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Coming Up with the Cash, Condo and Cows for that China Wedding

There’s no word of this causing any mass incidents yet, but a map illustrating how China’s rising real estate prices […]

By MarketAngel | 19 Jul 13 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Statistics | Comments (0)