Globalization and the Chinese city

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Globalization and China's new urbanism / Fulong Wu -- Beyond the reach of globalization : China's border regions and cities in transition / Xiangming Chen -- Globalization and the growth of Chinese cities / Cécile Batisse, Jean-Franc̦ois Brun and Mary-Franc̦oise Renard -- Beijing as an 'internationalized metropolis' / Ian G. Cook -- Local and social change in a globalized city : the case of Hong Kong / Werner Breitung and Mark Günter -- Globalizing Macau : the emotional costs of modernity / Philippe Forêt -- Cross-boundary integration of the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong : an emerging global city-Region in China / Chun Yang -- New configuration of Taipei under globalization / Hsiao-hung Nancy Chen -- Global capital and local land in China's urban real estate development / You-tien Hsing -- Transplanting cityscapes : townhouse and gated community in globalization and housing commodification / Fulong Wu -- A globalized golden ghetto in a Chinese garden : the Fontainebleau villas in Shanghai / Guillaume Giroir -- The creation of global-local competitive advantages in Shanghai / Roger C. K. Chan -- Globalization and the growth of new economic sectors in the second-tier extended cities in the Yangtze River Delta / Wen Chen, Junbo Xiang, Wei Sun and Shengjin Chu -- Political and economic implications of new public spaces in Chinese and Asian global cities / Steven W Lewis -- Globalization and grassroots practices: community development in contemporary urban China / Yuan Ren