It is a highly sought after lifestyle that began largely by the creation of such communiteis for expat dwellers in the 80′s and 90′s. There is A LOT of liquid money floating around in the P.R.C. (even now) and there are surprisingly high numbers of people are are able to afford such options.

Built on greenfields, you’ll find these extremely exclusive estates in almost every major Chinese city. This combines with the heavily subsidized, heavily marketed and sexed-up car industry to create the North American dream with Chinese characteristics. It is exactly the same there, as it is here – this is what people want and what they aspire to get.

http://www.ekistics.ca/projects_tp_vf.htm – Vancouver Forest, an example of what Canadian planners have been up to in Big Red.

Great blog by the way – keep of the scribbling!

- B