Guangzhou
by Jane Zhang
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March of Progress: Guangzhou as a Global City
Introduction Although Guangzhou is historically a global city, its status as a global city before reform and opening could be characterized by Guo and Liu’s periodization of “passively open” from…
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Villages in the City/Urban Villages in Guangzhou: A Historical Review
Introduction One of the most noticeable changes in the urban landscape of China since the economic reform in the late 1970s was the “encroachment of rural settlements” by the rapidly…
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Guangzhou’s Real Estate and the Shape of the City
Introduction Urban development and urbanization in China can be generally divided into three periods: (1) the feudal and semi-colonial late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China from 1911-1949; (2)…
