To a local who has been around for decades and seen the old side of some of these photos, it might bring memories of those times," Venkatraman said. "To a young cosmopolitan person, they might view these photos with curiosity and awe about what things really looked like before. To a futurist, it might invoke thoughts about what changes are yet to come in the next 30-40 years.
"There are many thoughts that can be taken away from these, positive, neutral, negative alike, and I'd like to leave that up to the reader to interpret," he said.
By 2010, six cities had 10 million residents, and 10 cities had between five and 10 million.
Source: Bloomberg
China used more cement between 2011 and 2013 than the US did in an entire century.
Source: The Washington Post
Many people in China live in high- or low-rise buildings made out of cement, unlike in the US, where most houses are made of wood.
Source: The Washington Post