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"Learning from Shenzhen: China's Experiment from Special Economic Zones to Model Cities during Reform and Opening Up" Author: [US] Ma Lian / [Canada] Huang Yunran / [US] Jonathan Bach Translator: Wang Lidi Haitian Publishing House
"Learning from Shenzhen: China's Experiment from Special Economic Zones to Model Cities during Reform and Opening Up" Author: [US] Ma Lian / [Canada] Huang Yunran / [US] Jonathan Bach Translator: Wang Lidi Haitian Publishing House
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This book is an academic work written by American scholar and honorary citizen of Shenzhen, Ma Lian, and his team, which comprehensively reflects the experience, achievements and evaluation of Shenzhen's reform and opening up. The work positively affirms the spirit of Shenzhen's reform and opening up, and analyzes the successful experience of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. It not only appreciates the foresight and execution of the reform and opening up policy, but also sees the contemporary problems touched upon in its implementation and the bold innovations of leaders seeking breakthroughs, while pointing out the experience limitations in the exploration and reform process.
The book is divided into three parts based on time: 1. Experimentation; 2. Breakthrough; 3. Promotion. From the aspects of social and economic reform experiments, urban planning and construction, the shaping of modern urban civilization, social and humanistic changes, cultural and artistic development, and medical system construction, it records and analyzes the process of Shenzhen from a pilot window of China's reform and opening up to a modern model city, showing readers the growth footprint of the fastest-growing city in the world.
The original book was published in the United States by the University of Chicago Press in 2017. It caused a great sensation after its publication and became an important reading for the Western world to understand Shenzhen. The introduction and publication of the Chinese version provides us with an excellent window to understand how Western scholars view China's reform and opening up.
About the Author
Marian
An anthropologist, she has been engaged in cultural anthropology research in Shenzhen since 1995. For more than 20 years, she has been paying attention to Shenzhen's architecture, urban planning and humanistic changes, especially the organizational form and cultural heritage of urban villages. She has a lot of insights into the historical changes of urban villages in Shenzhen. In the eyes of residents of Futian Urban Village, she is not only a "China expert", but also a "Futian expert". Today, her historical and cultural research on major urban villages in Shenzhen has been recognized by the industry and even local residents. Her research activities include the establishment of the "Handshake 302" Art Space in Baishizhou, Shenzhen, and cooperation with Shenzhen Bird Theater, aiming to explore the possibilities of cultural geography in different communities in Shenzhen in an artistic way; her blog "Shenzhen Notes" conducts an in-depth discussion on the urbanization development of Shenzhen after the reform and opening up. Her research results have been published in "Drama Review", "East Asian Cultural Criticism" and "Cultural Studies" Hong Kong Special Issue. The dual role of bystander and eyewitness has brought more experience and thinking to Ma Lian, and she observes and analyzes the growth trajectory of this city from her unique perspective.
Huang Yunran
Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Art History at the University of California, Berkeley. She conducts research on the history of modern and contemporary art and visual culture, with a particular focus on issues related to original works, forgeries, imitations, copies, and forgeries of original works. Her monograph on Dafen Village in Shenzhen, Van Gogh's Orders: China and Readymades (University of Chicago Press, 2014), won the Joseph Levinson Book Award from the Asian Studies Association in 2015. Her other research on Shenzhen includes a research report on Shenzhen BGI. She is currently writing a book on the history of foreign trade painting in Guangzhou in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Jonathan Bach
Professor of Global Studies at the New School University in New York City. His work focuses on social transformation in Germany and China, with a focus on issues such as memory, material culture, urban change, space, and identity. He is the author of Relics: Everyday Encounters with the Socialist Past in Germany (Columbia University Press, 2017) and co-editor of Recentering Cities: Global Mutations of Socialist Modernity (University of California Press, 2020). His research works on Shenzhen include Shenzhen: Urban Construction, Reconstruction Theme, Modernization and the Urban Imagination of Special Economic Zones, and Transformation from Peasants to Citizens: Urban Villages in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone.
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