China, one of the world's fastest growing economies, faces the danger of bursting at the seams as its populations boom, straining resources to the limit. Now, a joint project with the tiny state of Singapore is attempting a bold experiment that may provide the solution: By engineering a sustainable metropolis from scratch in one of China's most desolate regions. The Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City promises to provide a pragmatic and replicable blueprint for the future of China's cities and energy needs; but can this ambitious project even take flight as planners struggle to overcome a series of obstacles?