The Shenzhen Experiment: The Story of China's Instant City by Juan Du (review).
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Stein, Susanne
- Source
- Technology & Culture. Apr2022, Vol. 63 Issue 2, p587-589. 3p.
- Subject
- *URBAN planning
*SPECIAL economic zones
*GOVERNMENT policy
*BELT & Road Initiative
- Language
- ISSN
- 0040-165X
Du effectively demonstrates that Shenzhen's stunning development is not simply the result of state-led SEZ policies but has been facilitated by specific local conditions and a multitude of different actors over a long period. With her equally instructive and highly readable monograph on the urban evolution of Shenzhen, Princeton-educated and Hong Kong-based architect Juan Du aims to dispel a powerful, multilayered myth at the heart of most "rise of China" narratives on the recent past. [Extracted from the article]