Shanghai: demolitions going on.
Good report from canadian team “bricoleururbanism”.
Beijing Journal: Bulldozers Meet Historic Quarters in Beijing, to Mixed Reaction http://nyti.ms/cEgy8w
nytimes
Empty safes labeled “bankruptcy of the local governments,” and shovels and bulldozers representing the Lee Myung-bak administration’s widespread construction projects lie on a desolate sandy beach as high-rise buildings on the brink of collapse due to the plummeting real estate sector dot the landscape.
The Roman Catholic Church in South Korea has seen prodigious growth in recent years, increasing its membership by 70% in the past ten years.[2] Part of this growth could be attributed to the Church’s relatively positive perception by the general public for its role in the democratization of South Korea, its active participation in various works of social welfare, and its respectful approach to interfaith relationship and matters of traditional Korean spirituality. There are now over 5.1 million Catholics in South Korea — over 10% the population. South Korea (and by extension the Catholic Church in all Korea, north and south) has the fourth largest number of saints in the Catholic Church since 1984 by nation. There are 15 dioceses including three archdioceses of Seoul, Daegu and Gwangju, and the military ordiniate. North Korean Catholic Church is ecclesiastically united with South Korea, composed of two dioceses of Pyongyang and Hamheung (suffragen to the Metropolitan of Seoul) and the only territorial abbey outside Europe, that of Dokwon. (source: wikipedia, roman catholicisn in korea)
The neighbours association at the 7th district of Anyang city.
Residents in redevelopment zones get help from Federation Against House Demolition (Jun Chul Yun).
Talk with the representative for the redevelopment of the 9 district of the city of Anyang.
Talk with Park Chaenung, director of Stone and Water and local artistic activist at Soksu Market neighbourhood.
Talk with Lee Sang Eun, representative of the neighbours against redevelopment at District 7.
