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Link: Chronicling China’s Changing Cities - NYTimes.com](http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/10/chronicling-chinas-changing-cities/)

After carefully observing China for 20 years, Jimmy Lam has come to the realization that the only constant is continual change. Over the course of about 150 trips to all corners of China, he has witnessed rapid urbanization, rampant development, the rise of consumerism and the disappearance of some traditional rural cultures.