Chongqing on steriods

City Hall Chongqing
via WikipediaYou might never have heard of Chongqing, when you are living outside China and Current.com is doing a nice effort to introduce the Chicago of China to that audience that is only beginning to discover what China is about.
This is what Kai Hasson, their coordinator writes:

It's part of the central government's plan to bring some of China's economic boom to its impoverished interior province where three out of four Chinese live. Our journalists on the ground go on a whirlwind tour of the city---from inside a cramped boarding house where migrant workers to inside a starter apartment of China's new class of yuppies. It¹s really an incredible piece.

Later today there will be more detailed report, for starters, here is their promo.