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Latest issue of Antipode out now, and the Right to the City in China

November 30, 2013

My paper “The Right to the City and Critical Reflections on China’s Property Rights Activism” recently came out from Antipode, and here is its introduction that has appeared in the journal’s most recent newsletter (original URL: http://antipodefoundation.org/2013/11/28/latest-issue-of-antipode-out-now-and-the-right-to-the-city-in-china/#comments). Attached below is its full text as appeared in the newsletter: Shin, H.B. (2013) The Right to the City […]

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Selected papers on Capitalism in China – free to download until the end of 2013

November 19, 2013October 26, 2014

Taylor & Francis online has put together a selection of papers on China’s Capitalism. The topics range from economics and finance to management and development studies. In total, 15 papers published between 2007 and 2013 are listed on its themed page, and are free to download until the end of December 2013. URL: http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/bes/china-the-economic-powerhouse/china-capitalism The […]

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Free access to the journal Environment and Urbanization until 9 December 2013: Includes two papers of mine

November 15, 2013December 1, 20131 Comment

SAGE has just announced that to celebrate the 25th anniversary and the 50th issue of the journal Environment and Urbanization (http://eau.sagepub.com/content/by/year), all contents of the journal are given free access. This is for a limited period only until 9th December 2013. This also means two of my papers from the journal, listed below, are freely […]

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China Policy Institute Blog » China’s Speculative Urbanism and the Built Environment

June 16, 2013October 12, 2014

The following is an invited contribution to the China Policy Institute Blog (thanks to Jonathan Sullivan for the invitation and editorial support). The theme of the blog at the time of the invitation was ‘environment’, and to me, this cannot be detached from the issue of China’s speculative urbanism that has been sweeping the country for years. […]

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Essay for Open Democracy | Development and dissent in China’s ‘urban age’

March 29, 2013November 28, 2013

Open Democracy based in the United Kingdom is running a new series on Cities in Conflict, which according to the series editors “seeks to examine cities as conceptualised, planned or contested sites of conflict, security or resistance.” The series includes a number of themes that range from ‘the insurgent city’, ‘cities of exception’ and ‘the city yet […]

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Gentrification in the Global South: Dilapidation, Obsolescence and Land Exploitation

January 3, 2011November 29, 2013

First Call for Papers RGS-IBG 2011 Conference: The Geographical Imagination 31st August – 2nd September 2011 (London) Gentrification in the Global South: Dilapidation, Obsolescence and Land Exploitation Organisers: Dr Hyun Bang Shin (Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics) h.b.shin@lse.ac.uk Dr Ernesto López-Morales (Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, University of Chile) elopez@uchilefau.cl Sponsors: Urban […]

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Wudaoying Hutong, the next Nanluoguxiang?

August 26, 2010June 14, 2020

Nanluoguxiang in Dongcheng District of Beijing is now known as a culture district, promoted by the district government as a showcase for heritage conservation and tourist attraction. While many hutongs in Beijing’s inner city areas have disappeared due to demolition and reconstruction-oriented urban renewal strategies, some hutongs have been selectively experiencing revalorisation through upgrading (if […]

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Bluesky in Beijing?

September 10, 2008June 14, 2020

Wanfujing 거리 옆 쇼핑몰 전면에 내걸린 걸개그림. 그 크기도 인상적이었지만, Paralympic Games를 준비하면서 여러 군데 내건 정성이 지극하다. 하계올림픽 기간에는 어떤 그림이 내걸렸을지 자못 궁금하다. 지난 며칠간 소나기 등 비가 자주 흩뿌려서 그런지 오후 2시 못미친 이 시간에도 하늘이 한국 가을 날씨처럼 파랗다. 역시 파란 하늘 배경의 천안문. 눈부신 햇살 가득한 오후, 청홍색이 더욱 뚜렷이 […]

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Paralympic Games in Beijing

September 9, 2008June 14, 2020

베이징에 도착한 것이 9월 6일, Paralympic Games가 개막한 날이었다. 얼마전에 끝난 하계 올림픽 자리에는 Paralympic Games 관련 장식과 홍보물이 대신하는 듯 하였다. Paralympic Games라 그런지 베이징 곳곳에는 disabled people을 위한 장치 및 안내인이 자리하고 있었다. 올림픽이 끝난 이후 얼마나 disabled people에 대한 배려가 지속될 지는 두고 봐야 할 듯 하다. 아래 사진은 새로 개통된 남북 […]

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Xinzhongjie, Beijing

September 7, 2008June 14, 2020

박사논문을 준비하면서 방문했던 베이징내 마을이 Xinzhongjie 였다. Worker’s Stadium 인근에 위치한 이곳은 1950년대에 (구)소련 원조로 지어진 5층 아파트와 단층 주택 pingfang 등이 hutong을 따라 촘촘히 들어서 있다. 주거환경이 많이 낙후된 이 곳 역시 곧 있으면 철거될 것이라는 것이 2003년도 얘기였었다. 매번 방문할 때마다 이 곳을 꼭 한번씩 둘러보는데, 어찌된 영문인지 2004년 여름에도, 2007년 봄에도, 그리고 […]

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