New book on China's new megacities

How the City Moved to Mr. Sun is a new book by the Go West Project, to be published in September.

About the book

China is creating the largest urban society the world has ever seen. Small towns are transforming at breakneck pace into huge metropolises with many millions of inhabitants. In size they rival global cities like Rio de Janeiro, London and Moscow, but their names are unknown in the rest of the world. How the City moved to Mr. Sun lifts the veil from these unexplored megacities in the heart of China. It lays bare the ruthless logic behind this incredible growth, and presents in loving detail the mass of humanity washed up in this unstoppable process in a 350 page journalistic account with more than a hundred photos.

About the authors

Journalist Michiel Hulshof and architect Daan Roggeveen founded and coordinate the Go West Project, a multidisciplinary research lab focusing on the development of China’s emerging megacities. Michiel Hulshof is China correspondent for the Dutch weekly Vrij Nederland. Daan Roggeveen is an architect working on architectural and urban projects in China and Europe.

For more details and a special pre-order discount until 31 July 2011, go the the Go West website

An evening in Amsterdam

Go West Projects and SICA Dutch Centre for International Cultural Activities will organise a China New's Megacities event on 13 September in Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam. More information will follow asap.