Table of Contents

Introduction: China’s Transition and the Urban Age

1. China’s Rise in Global Capitalism and Developmental Challenges

2. Uneven Development and Regional Disparities

3. Governing China and the Role of the State

4. Speculative Urbanism: Land and Housing Development

5. Suburban China: Urban Peripheries and Informality

6. Spectacular Urbanism and Chinese Cities

7. Nation of Chai: Neighbourhood Changes and Displacement

8. Inequality and the New Urban Poor

9. China on the Move: Migrants, Hukou and Local Citizenship

10. Civil Society, Public Participation and Rights Activism

About the Author

Hyun Bang Shin is Senior Lecturer in Geography and Urban Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.