Earthquake-ravaged Christchurch has been highlighted as a global superpower that will help shape the next century.

There’s still a long way to go with more than 1000 buildings still in the process of being demolished however the future is looking bright.

An influential US magazine has ranked Christchurch alongside New York and Singapore as one of the world’s top 10 cities to watch.

Foreign Policy magazine has revealed its list of 16 cities most worth watching, which was compiled by Harvard University economist Edward Glaeser and Columbia University sociologist Saskia Sassen.

Christchurch came in at number nine. Mr Glaeser wrote of the city: “A massive rebuilding effort following this year’s New Zealand earthquake is a unique opportunity to rethink urban form.”

Singapore headed the list and was described as being “surely the world’s best-managed city”.

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