The Lost Cities

Following the Aihui – Tengchong Line , a demarcation line of Chinese demography, physical geography and historical geography, discovered and named by Mr. Hu Huanyong (1901-1998) in 1935, it is not hard for us to realize that our cities have been fundamentally transformed – as urban areas

Following the Aihui-Tengchong Line, a demarcation line of Chinese demography, physical geography and historical geography, discovered and named by Mr. Hu Huanyong （1901-1998） in 1935, it is not hard for us to realize that our cities have been fundamentally transformed - as urban areas expand their people become increasingly alienated - ever since distant commercial trade began, owing to the permeationand dispersion of interests and power. It reminds us of a remark by Lier＇s Alain - “It is money, instead of Caesar, that talks”, which still seems to be alarming today.