Many American people told me that when they first came to Beijing, they were totally surprised by the new appearance of the city. Lofty skyscrapers are in every corner of the city, well-established traffic system provides people with a convenient travel style. All of these are the symbol of our achievements of modernization. Frankly speaking, we did progress a lot in the past few years in city construction, at least from the appearance, it is so. But as someone who lived and studied there for 5 years, I experienced both the advantage and disadvantage that the city brings to me, and I know deeply that the cost of the development is huge. Maybe these problems hasn’t broken out at a large scale, but they did exist in our life and did influence us no matter whether you aware or not. Many places gradually lose their dynamic; historical buildings disappear in a fast speed; traffic problems seem to be something that never can be solved.  Why do these problems come from? In the following part, I am trying to use city planning perspective, seeking for the three main reasons for the problems of Beijing.

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