Suburb

=== China ===
[[File:Beijing suburb (Original picture enhanced).jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Apartments in suburban [[Beijing]], China]]
In China, the term suburb is new, although suburbs are already being constructed rapidly. Chinese suburbs mostly consist of rows upon rows of [[apartment block]]s and condos that end abruptly into the countryside.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinaurbandevelopment.com/?p=499|title=(Mis)understanding China's Suburbs|date=23 February 2011|access-date=25 February 2013|publisher=China Urban Development Blog}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/02/is-this-beijings-suburban-future/71017/|title=Is This Beijing's Suburban Future?|date=10 February 2011|access-date=25 February 2013|magazine=The Atlantic}}</ref> Also new town developments are extremely common. Single family suburban homes tend to be similar to their Western equivalents; although primarily outside Beijing and Shanghai, also mimic Spanish and Italian architecture.<ref>Nasser, Haya El. (18 April 2008) [https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-04-15-suburbia_N.htm Modern suburbia not just in America anymore]. Usatoday.com. Retrieved on 22 November 2011.</ref>

==== Hong Kong ====
In Hong Kong, however, suburbs are mostly government-planned new towns containing numerous public housing estates. However, other new towns also contain private housing estates and low density developments for the upper classes.