Discussion: One World – One Dream? New Buildings for the New China

For over 2000 years China’s biggest and most famous built structure has been the Great Wall. At the Badaling section of the wall, spelt out Beverley-Hills-style in 15-metre high letters fixed to a steel frame, are the words “One World One Dream”, the official motto of the Olympic Games 2008 (ill. A). Yet, unlike the Californian dream factory, the building...