The East Is Rising

Meet the 29 Chinese cities powering global growth.

BY ELIAS GROLL | SEPT/OCT 2012

Beijing: With the opening of its third airport by 2015, Beijing is expected to surpass London as the world's busiest air hub. Beijing Capital International Airport's Terminal 3 is already larger than all five terminals at London's Heathrow combined. Above, passengers walk through a terminal at Beijing's Capital airport in January 2011.

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Elias Groll is an editorial assistant at Foreign Policy.