Ghost Cities of China - (Asian Arguments) by Wade Shepard (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>China has built hundreds of new cities and urban districts over the past 30 years, and hundreds more are set to be built by 2030. Between now and then, 250 million more rural Chinese will move into cities, bringing the country's urban population up over one billion, as the central government kicks its urbanization initiative into overdrive. The<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Over the next couple of decades, it is estimated that 250 million Chinese citizens will move from rural areas into cities, pushing the country's urban population over one billion. China has built hundreds of new cities and urban districts over the past thirty years, and hundreds more are set to be built by 2030 as the central government kicks its urbanization initiative into overdrive. As China redraws its map with new cities, it isn't just creating new urban areas, but also engineering a new culture and way of life. Yet, many of these new cities, such as the infamous Kangbashi and Yujiapu, stand nearly empty, construction having ground to a halt due to the loss of investors and colossal debt. <p/> In <i>Ghost Cities of China</i>, Wade Shepard examines this phenomenon up close. He posits that the shedding of traditional social structures in the country is at an advanced stage, and a rootless, consumption-centric globalized culture is rapidly taking its place. Incorporating interviews and on-the-ground investigation, <i>Ghost Cities of China</i> examines China's under-populated modern cities and the country's overly ambitious building program.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"<i>Ghost Cities</i> tells a mixed story of China's urbanisation drive. . . . Shepard presents an even-handed picture of this process as he has witnessed it and leaves the question of the future open." <br> --Anna Greenspan, author of Shanghai Future: Modernity Remade "Royal Society for Asian Affairs"<br><br>"In <i>Ghost Cities of China</i>, Wade Shepard guides us on a comprehensive--yet still often intimate--tour of cities 'that are just being born.' Through in-depth engagement with the country's vast urbanization efforts, Shepard exposes both the myths and realities of China's ghost cities; haunted spaces, which are not dead and abandoned, but rather have yet to come to life."--Anna Greenspan, author of Shanghai Future: Modernity Remade<br><br>"Scholars and students of Chinese studies will gain greater clarity and understanding regarding the dynamics and unknown facets of the ghost cities of China. It is a book that everyone interested in ghost cities and the future of China would do well to read."--Anna Greenspan, author of Shanghai Future: Modernity Remade "Europe-Asia Studies"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Wade Shepard is editor in chief at <i>The China Chronicle</i>.<br>Wade Shepard is editor in chief at <i>The China Chronicle</i>.</p>
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