
Ban the Bizarre: China’s New Architecture
New guidelines on urban planning deem the construction of “bizarre” or “odd-shaped” buildings as forbidden, instead calling for buildings that are “economic, functional and aesthetically pleasing.”
New guidelines on urban planning deem the construction of “bizarre” or “odd-shaped” buildings as forbidden, instead calling for buildings that are “economic, functional and aesthetically pleasing.”
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One of my most curious, yet horrifying, discoveries in China was a turtle mounted on a stick. I remember walking through a light drizzle in pursuit of culinary satisfaction, about a block away from the academic building. When there, by the intersection, stood a woman holding a wooden staff with a turtle dangling on top, dead or alive, lashed to the tip with shredded rags and a debatable purpose.