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A rural borderland just forty years ago, today Shenzhen is a city of twenty million and a technology hub. This success is attributed to its status as a Special Economic Zone, but no other SEZs compare. Juan Du looks to the past to understand why. It turns out that Shenzhen is no prefab “instant city,” but a place influenced by deep local history.

Table of Contents:
Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Introduction: The Myth of Shenzhen Part I. National Relevance 1. Song for “The Story of Spring" 2. The “Southern Tours” That Changed China Part II. Regional History 3. Gateway City to the South China Sea 4. Oysters of the Pearl River Delta Part III. City Construction 5. Towers by the Hong Kong Border 6. Nail House on “Wall Street" Part IV. District Transformation 7. Corporate Village in the Central Business District 8. “Slum” in the High-Tech Garden City Conclusion: City of Critical Experimentation Notes Acknowledgments Illustration Credits Index

Review :
A major contribution to understanding a fascinating city. -- Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom Wall Street Journal Tell[s] the story from the ground up of Shenzhen, the southern city just across the border from Hong Kong that symbolizes like no other China's economic success...Du aims to break through the clich�s that have dominated so many accounts of Shenzhen...By rooting her story in the 'countless individuals' who defined the city, she argues that Shenzhen is much more than a top-down exercise in building a modern metropolis. -- Financial Times Shenzhen, the fastest growing city on earth, has been globally acknowledged as the test tube for modern China. In The Shenzhen Experiment, Juan Du deftly uncovers the secrets of the city famous for its unprecedented economic development and social mobility. -- Ole Bouman, Founding Director of Design Society, Shenzhen In stark contrast to conventional, flattened accounts of this vast Chinese city, Juan Du has given us an architect's magical encounter with a place that we cannot quite see with our eyes, but can experience in fragments. I love this account of Shenzhen. -- Saskia Sassen, author of Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy As urban planner Juan Du shows in this deep dive of a history, the 'instant city' narrative is a myth. Sweeping aside slick origin stories, Du reveals a reality in which Shenzhen's prosperity is driven by oyster fishers, vibrant night markets and the aspirations of millions, not just by the policymakers of Beijing. -- Nature Endeavors to move beyond the caricature of Shenzhen as a historyless tabula rasa...The area which would become 'Shenzhen' was a well-populated and culturally rich landscape, and its history is here outlined in detail...Provides a nuanced and detailed historical grounding, drawing on a diverse range of sources and primary research. Blending the personal and the historical, it is an outstanding primer on the fascinating fortunes of a city which will only grow in national and global significance over the course of the next decade. -- Jonathan Chatwin Asian Review of Books This is a remarkable book on a remarkable subject...Will delight both a general audience curious about China's rise, and China Hands looking for greater depth and insights into how Shenzhen fits into (and illuminates) a bigger story of modern political, economic, and social development. -- George Baily Asian Affairs Explores the blurry history of the city, beginning with its farmers and oyster fishermen...An important story for architects and planners everywhere facing the excitement as well as perils of rapid urbanization and industrialization. -- Architect's Newspaper Du offers straight, rich, descriptive planning history, whose mastery of Chinese sources and multilayered development makes it an invaluable resource for general use by students and scholars...An authoritative study...Anchored at human scale by the stories of oysters or nail houses, yet adroitly explaining policy debates and innovations on a national scale, this book deserves a wide readership and engagement. -- Gary W. McDonogh City & Society A rich history of China's famous 'instant city, ' which may not be so instant after all. Juan Du takes us on an informative and unexpected journey through a major metropolis. -- Yung Ho Chang, Principal of Atelier FCJZ, Beijing This remarkable exploration of modern China reveals the humanity hidden in the shadows of international finance and globalized architecture. It is the extraordinary story of ordinary lives surviving and thriving in one of China's most dynamic cities. -- Austin Williams, author of China's Urban Revolution and New Chinese Architecture: Twenty Women Building the Future Equally instructive and highly readable...Du aims to dispel a powerful, multilayered myth at the heart of most 'rise of China' narratives on the recent past...Du effectively demonstrates that Shenzhen's stunning development is not simply the result of state-led SEZ policies but has been facilitated by specific local conditions and a multitude of different actors over a long period. -- Susanne Stein Technology and Culture


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780674242227
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Harvard University Press
  • Edition: Digital original
  • No of Pages: 320
  • ISBN-10: 067424222X
  • Publisher Date: 07 Jan 2020
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The Story of China’s Instant City


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