Austin Williams

@Future_Cities

director, Future Cities Project; author of 'China's Urban Revolution' and 'New Chinese Architecture.' Critic on architecture, environmentalism, and China.

London

futurecities.org.uk

Joined September 2010

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Austin Williams
@Future_Cities
Sep 21, 2022
In 1978, China's urban population was 18%; today it is 65%. In 1978 there were 193 Chinese cities; today there are around 650. Thanks @spectator #Chinesewhispers @CindyXiaodanYu for a thoroughly enjoyable chat about cities, development & progress in China.
History and belonging: life in a Chinese mega-city
From spectator.com
Austin Williams
@Future_Cities
13h
#Newsnight Dale Vince says we'll rely on oil & gas for decades; that Jackdaw & Rosebank should go ahead, & we decouple profits (not lost to global markets). When environment critics have said the same, MSM & eco-activists have had a fit. Vince merely treated to an amused shrug
Austin Williams
@Future_Cities
20h
or... "Five Critical Essays on EDI" futurecities.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
Austin Williams
@Future_Cities
23h
Andy Burnham's manifesto
Austin Williams
@Future_Cities
23h
This could be dismissed as schoolboy buzzword politics if it wasn't actually a call for an even more intrusive, punative, censorious, 'state-sponsored media' version of Levenson.
Zack Polanski
@ZackPolanski
Aug 16
Replying to @ZackPolanski
Two things to sign. Both important and related: 1) petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7600… And 2) hackedoff.org/campaign-actio… - @hackinginquiry