
Ghost Cities of China
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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.' * Europe-Asia Studies * The landscape Shepard travels is so strange and monumental that it is hard to avoid being fascinated. * New Statesman * A crash course in how Chinese capitalism, if that's what it is, actually works. * The Guardian * In Ghost Cities of China, 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 * Wade Shepard cuts through the sensational coverage of China's infrastructure boom to deliver an eye-opening piece of reportage on the topic. A well-reported and fascinating primer on China's ghost cities. * Rob Schmitz, China correspondent for Marketplace * In his exploration of East Asian cities that are literally disposable, Wade Shepard provides an intriguing overview to a phenomenon that combines two of this century's biggest narratives -- global urbanization, and the unprecedented growth of China. * Rolf Potts, author of Vagabonding and Marco Polo Didn't Go There * Ghost Cities of China tells a mixed story of China's urbanisation drive...Wade Shepard presents an even-handed picture of this process as he has witnessed it and leaves the question of the future open. * Royal Society for Asian Affairs *More details
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2. Clearing the Land
3. Of New Cities and Ghost Cities
4. When Construction Ends the Building Begins
5. Megacities Inside of Megacities
6. A New City, A New Identity
7. No Going Back
8. Powering the New China
9. Staying Afloat
10. What Ghost Cities Become
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