`Urban village` is a disappearing oxymoron
(WorldNews Environment)

Zhayin Village was once a rural backwater where farmers tilled land. But rapid urban development gobbled up the farmland and encircled the village with high-rise buildings. The living environment for the more than 1,000 residents worsened by the year, turning the area into an urban eyesore. Urban village. It`s a contradiction in terms that`s being bulldozed out of government lexicon. Zhayin is the last officially designated `urban village` in Yangpu District, though it hardly looks like the stereotyped image of a quiet, idyllic spot. In fact, it`s a shantytown sitting in the shadows of skyscrapers, and it`s soon to be demolished. Wu Xiaodi, 60, the Party secretary of the Shiguang...