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CHINA REVIEW VOL: 14 NO 1
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129102
Emergence of radical politics in Hong Kong: causes and impact
/ Cheng, Joseph Yu shek
Cheng, Joseph Yu shek
Journal Article
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2014.
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This article reviews the literature on the radicalization of politics in Hong Kong. with an emphasis on its causes and impact. Evidence on the deteriorating living standards and the widening of the gap between the rich and the poor has been substantial. People naturally blame the government under such circumstances. They have been especially angry with government policies favoring the business community. and the "greed" and corruption of the Donald Tsang and C. Y. Leung administrations. The consensus on the origins. characteristics, modes of operation. and so on of the new social movements is strong: and the same applies to the failure of the government to anticipate and absorb their challenges. Confidence in the maintenance of social stability remains high. but there is little optimism that the performance of the govemment will soon improve.
Key Words
Sustainable Development
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China
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Hong Kong
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Social reforms
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Urban Development
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Economic Reform
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Social Reform
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Urban Growth
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State Regime
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Emerging State
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Economic Emergence
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Social Emergence
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Living Standard
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New Social Movement
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Social Autonomy
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129094
Incident of Tieben social capital and local governance in post-
/ Jian, Titan Bo-xiu
Jian, Titan Bo-xiu
Journal Article
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2014.
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This study makes use of the framework of social capital to explain the post-socialist governance model and characteristics of local governments in contemporary China. The incident of Tieben in April 2004 is selected as an example to explain how the local government developed social capital using informal mechanism and policy networks to facilitate economic development and to enhance government performance. thereby forming the so-called post-socialist local regime. During the incident of Tieben. the local movement collaborated with real estate developers and financial institutions. Farmers were excluded from this plan and their interests were sacri?ced. This study uses the concept of bonding social capital to explain this model. The model worked on the basis of the close relationship between specific groups rather than general trust and ptiblic participation. The majority of relevant sttitlies. on the other hated. show that instead of bonding social capital. bridging social capital is a better means to resolve the conflicts among nunicrous stib-grotips with vested interests. and to facilitate favorable economic and social performance. This paper hence contends that. although a local government may stimulate the development of social capital. the use of this governance model excites the participation and deprives cannot provide a useful guide for optimizing local government performance.
Key Words
China
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Local Governance
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Political Reforms
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Political regime
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Political Changes
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Contemporary China
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Growth Model
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Informal Mechanism
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Economic Regime
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Social Framework
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Social Regime
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Tieban
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Stimulated Development
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Post-Socialist
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Government Model
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129100
New experiments with the "provincial administration of counties
/ Li, Yi; Wu, Fulong
Wu, Fulong
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2014.
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Since 2005. China has witnessed the emergence of a new form of administrative organization. In contrast with the earlier model of "City Jurisdiction Over Counties." which placed counties under the jurisdiction of cities. a new pilot program known as "Provincial Administration of Counties" has been launched. This program places counties and county-level cities under the direct administration of provinces. instead of prefecture-level cities. The central state has played a modest role in implementing this pilot program. whereas provincial and country-level governments have taken a more proactive approach. The central movement hopes that such a reform can address development imbalances that exist between counties and cities. Meanwhile. provincial governments see the reformats as a way to promote economic develop mint initiatives in counties and county-level cities. However. the implementation of reforms at the local level is not proceeding smoothly. This is mainly due to an asymmetry of power in city-county relations. itself' a legacy of earlier economic reforms that created the City Jurisdiction Over Counties system. This asymmetry has prevented ttrbanruraz tensions from being resolved. lnstead. such tensions have been shifted t'lownward to the city district level or upward to the regional level.
Key Words
Economic Reforms
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China
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Urban Planning
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Urban Development
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Economic planning
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Economic Reform
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Asymmetry
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Development Strategy
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Social Reform
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Urban Growth
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Economic Strategy
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Provincial Administration
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State Regime
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Emerging State
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State Space Analysis
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Mega City Development
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Administrative Organization
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City Jurisdiction
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Unresolved Urban - Rural Tension
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Earlier Economic Reforms
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129085
Planning intercity railways in China's mega-city regions: insights from the Pearl River delta
/ Xu, Jiang; Chen, Yanyan
Xu, Jiang
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2014.
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Chinese mega-city regions have become a new scale of capital acetimulation and state regulation. In recent years these regions have attracted much scholarly attention: however. the'growing research on regional spaces in China is marked by a lack of what we term "realpo- litik" and an absence of rigorous case studies. This study uses the "politics of scale" to empin'cally investigate the realpolitik factors in the intercity railway planning process in the Pearl River Delta. To this end. we establish a two-dimensional approach to unravel the intercalary and intercity politics during this process. W'e argue that in an institutional vacuum. ad hoc measures have been frequently used to facilitate interscalar and intercity bargaining. This case study also establishes a new perspective for Uinderstaiiding China's urhaii and regional transformation. Rather than treating the state as a passive agent. coping with the powerful forces of decentralization and market reform. we argue that the state has strategically redefined itself and has become even more sophisticated in its sIi1icturcs. functions. and tactics. The traditional one-sitled and unidirectional approach to state-space analysis cannot adequately address these issues. A new perspective that considers the politics of variotis scales is needed to study the emerging state regime in China.
Key Words
Economic Reforms
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China
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Urban Development
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Pearl River Delta
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Development Strategy
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Market Reforms
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Political regime
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Urban Growth
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Economic Strategy
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Rail Network
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Mega City Region
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State Regime
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Emerging State
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Intercity Politics
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Intercalary Politics
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State Space Analysis
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Mega City Development
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129099
Province-leading-county as a scaling-up strategy in China: the case of Jiangsu
/ Luo, Xiaolong; Cheng, Yeqing; Yin, Jie; Wang, Ying
Luo, Xiaolong
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2014.
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Scalar relations have been restructured in the contemporary capitalism. in post-reform China. many scalars are transformed and constructed with the transition from state socialism to market economy. This article examines the process of rescaling state power from the perspective of politics of scale. using a case of province-jading-city reform in Jiangsu province. By examining the role of government at various levels in the province-leading-city reform. it is argued that the province-leading-city reform is a rescaling of state power. involving up-scaling and down-scaling of powers. Due to power reshuffling in the rescaling process. there are intense power struggles among scalars in both vertical and horizontal dimensions. With the deepening process of globalization. marketization. and decentralization. China's cities and regions have undergone dramatic economic and political restructuring since the late l970s. There emerges consider- able acidotic and policy interests in China's changing urban and regional governance after the launch of economic reforms and open-door policy. especially after 2000.' On the urban scale. China's changing governance has been the focus of previous studies? By cautiously borrowing Western urban theories. such as urban regime. growth coalition. and entrepreneurial city. scholars have argued that transitional China shares stone similarities with Western societies, but there are still differences in urban governance due to a strong government or tight social control."
Key Words
Economic Reforms
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Capitalism
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China
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Social control
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Economic
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Development Strategy
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Urban Governance
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Economic Restructuring
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Regional Governance
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Jiangsu
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Economic Strategy
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Western Societies
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State Regime
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Emerging State
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State Space Analysis
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Mega City Development
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Scaling Up Strategy
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Political Restructuring
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Policy Interests
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Growth Coalition
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Social Economics
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129092
Pseudo-urbanization or real urbanization: urban China's mergence of administrative regions and its effects, a case study of Zhongshan city, Guangdong province
/ Liu, Yungang; Jin, lie
Liu, Yungang
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2014.
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After the market reforms and opening tip ol" China in the late l97l)s. local governments played a central role in the country's rapid urbanization. particularly through the mergenee of administrative regions (MAR). However. the effect of these MARs is still debatable. ()n the one hand. an MAR can accelerate the pace of economic growth. reshape the power structure. and establish necessary coordination among different regions. On the other hand. a MAR can have negative effects which have led to "pseudo-urbanization" in other developing countries. What is the effect of the local. state-led MAR in China'? This study examines the MAR implemented by the local government of Zhongshan city. Guangdong province. The MAR is found to be associated with the robust growth of the downtown area and of the urban population: it has gradually reshaped the socioeconomic structure of the city. the urban landscape. and the identity of its residents. MARs in China are argu- ably characterizcd b_v a transition from pseudo-urbanization to "real" urbanization. This transition cannot be explained by existing, urban theories. such as the "growth machine." "urban regime," or "entrepreneurial city." Therefore. we use the term "government-led merging urbanization" tGMLz) to define the process. We further suggest that the GML7 concept can be used as a model of urbanization or urban growth. This model provides an important perspective for examining the role played by local governments in the process of urbanization.
Key Words
Economic Reforms
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China
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Urban Planning
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Urban Development
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Economic planning
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Pearl River Delta
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Development Strategy
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Urban Growth
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Economic Strategy
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Guangdong Province
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Rail Network
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Mega City Region
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State Regime
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Emerging State
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State Space Analysis
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Mega City Development
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Pseudo-Urbanization
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Real Urbanization
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Zhongshan City
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129101
Reconsidering the controversial land use policy of linking the : a local government perspective
/ Huang, Zianjin; Li, Yi; Yu, Ran; Zhao, Xiaofeng
Zhao, Xiaofeng
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2014.
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The recent land use policy ol' "landing the l')eere;tse in Rural ('onxtrttelion Land with the Increase in L.'rh:tn ("onxtruetion l.and" i.\ an attempt of the government to address the tensions between protecting arable land and providing land lior construction by means of more intensive use of land. Nevertheless. the implementation ol" the policy has triggered notch controversy. in particular about predominant dependence upon retrial residential land totes consolidation and the pursuits of rural~ urban construction land quota transfer. Although local governments often take the blame for these issues. the case study of the comprehensive land consolidation project in Gull reveals the type of dilemma with which they are confronted. [t is shown that the potential for land consolidation is limited. whereby local governments have to turn to rural residential land consolidation to achieve the targets set by the central government for land consolidation. Furthennorc. the displacement and resettlement of rural dwellers puts tremendous financial pressure upon the local government. and it would be impossible to implement the central government mandate to build a new socialist countryside without selling land at a higher price. This article discusses the possibilities for a market-led land consolidation process and concludes that the targets of land consolidation and the implementation of the linking policy should \-'ar_v from region to region to match local levels of economic development and specifieities of the rural economy.
Key Words
Economic Development
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China
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Rural Development
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Urban Development
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Economic Reform
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Social Reform
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Rural Economy
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Central Government
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Urban Growth
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Urban Economy
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Political Pressure
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Political Dilemma
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Urban Construction Land
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Rural Construction Land
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Controversial Land
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Decrease in Rural Construction
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Increase in Urban Construction Land
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Local Government Perspective
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Rural-Urban Construction
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Financial Pressure
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Socialist Countryside
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Economic Dilemma
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129098
Rescaling as a leading national transformation project: decoding state rescaling in China's changing
/ Chen, Hao; Zhang, Jingxiang; Li, Xiangyu; Zhang, Zhao
Chen, Hao
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2014.
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it is worthwhile to empirically probe the prominent value of the transformation process by employing the state rescaling perspective. However, the stated rescaling, as an important theoretical discourses, that not been s_\ stoically scrutinized in Chinese context. In this article. the empirical lrainexxorlx based on the central state--led regional planning and its changes is established and implemented to unfold the solution tra_iector} of China's six state scaling stages since 1953. In the mean- time. it is argued that China's state rescaling is not resulted from o\enroll socioeconomic tt'ansforination. hut plays a role as the leading project. theoretical . it could he concluded that state rescaling in China is neither the product of internal 'natural economic process' nor the consequence triggered have the globalization. hut the outcome or" the state's politic political selection.
Key Words
Globalization
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Economic Reforms
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China
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Urban Planning
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Development Strategy
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Political regime
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Economic Strategy
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Political Selection
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Economic Process
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Economic Regime
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State Regime
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Emerging State
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State Space Analysis
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Mega City Development
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Social Framework
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Social Regime
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National Transformation
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National Transformation Project
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Empirically Probe
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Socioeconomic Context
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129079
Urban and regional governance in China: introduction
/ Luo, Xiaolong; Shen, Jianfa; Gu, Chaolin
Shen, Jianfa
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2014.
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In the age of globalization and social-spatial restructuring. cities and regions have become the focus of social and economic changes and governance.' Over the past decade. extensive studies have been contacted on hanging urban and regional governance in transitional China} The articles included in this special issue further enhance our understanding of China's urban and regional governance and restructuring. This introduction summarizes the major findings of these articles and proposes some suggestions for future research. The articles in this issue were originally presented at the International Conference "Urban and Regional Governance in China: Retrospect and Prospect of IO Years of Research" held at Nanjing University. Nanjing. from I to 2 July 2()l2. The conference was jointly organized by the Department of Urban Planning and Design & Research Centre of Human Geography at Nanjing University and the Urban and Regional Development Programme.
Key Words
Globalization
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Geopolitics
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Social Change
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China
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Urban Planning
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Urban Development
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Urban Governance
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Regional Governance
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Economic Change
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Economic strategy - China
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Development Strategy - China
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Social Spatial Restructuring
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Regional Development Planning
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