What does Chengdu look like?

This is a hard question to answer. It is a rolling mixture of new and old, fresh and worn out. One thing overall I think I am impressed with is the apparent dynamism of the economy. The right-wing in America is absolutely determined to argue that there is a link between capitalism and democracy. And yet China disproves that.

I'm presenting here a series of huge apartment blocks that are everywhere - a clear effort to provide housing for the 12 million or so who live in the Chendu metro.