1.  We approached the big empty square that characterizes the centre of Chinese cities.

2.  In terms of concentrations of dust in the air, Chinese industrial cities are some of the dirtiest in the world.

3.  Although vehicles are the main source of air pollution in Chinese cities and the fastest-growing source nationwide, coal-burning industries account for the largest portion.

4.  At a popular level, at least in Beijing and other big Chinese cities, the Tiananmen mass movement brought home the power of an individual decision of conscience.

5.  A banner identifies the bustling warren of streets in this southern Chinese city as the New Garden Village Meat and Vegetable Market.

6.  A new consciousness about home furnishing is germinating in many Chinese cities, and it is growing out of the surging popularity of buying a home itself.

7.  Air Macao is operating nonstop service to and from Beijing and Shanghai, and is planning to add other mainland Chinese cities and Taiwan to its list of destinations.

8.  But Chinese cities are running out of places to dump their trash.

9.  But it is already allowing logistics companies that help move imports in and out of a free trade zone in Shanghai to open branches in most Chinese cities.

10.  But moves, deliberate and not, are afoot to make this a Chinese city.