China’s youthful urbanization changed the world. What will happen as the country ages and slows down? BY JACOB DREYER, Jacob Dreyer is an editor and contributing writer for Noema based in Shanghai. “When the Grand course was pursued, a public and common spirit ruled all under the sky; they chose men of talents, virtue and ability; their words were sincere, and what they cultivated was harmony.”— The “Book of Rites,” a core text of Confucianism. TOKYO — Once upon a time, Japan was as chaotic and fast-paced as boom-era China, the number-one source of foreign students at American universities, polluted, covering … Continue reading China In 2035