130 million. That is the projection for the number of people who will live in the world’s largest city, a “supercity,” combining Beijing and neighboring Tianjin. The Beijing government wants to remain competitive with the other megacities of the Shanghai/Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta/Guangzhou zone.
Its new “supercity” will cover an area the size of Kansas. It seems impossible until you see the hundreds of cement apartment towers dominating the skylines outside Beijing in every direction. These are Beijing’s satellite cities that will become part of this planned megalopolis.
