04.08.2023_Editorial

Those were the days when every renowned architect flocked to Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen and went wild. Some buildings were so avant-garde that citizens made fun of them, like the famous building of the state broadcaster CCTV, which was quickly dubbed „underpants“ due to its strange shape. President Xi Jinping has put an end to this boom. In his column, Johnny Erling describes how this happened.