CONTENTS List of figures ix List of tables xi Notes on contributors xiii Preface xvii PARTI Cities as emerging institution 1 1 Beyond gradualism: China's urban revolution and emerging cities 3 FULONG WU 2 Land property rights regimes in China: A comparative study of Suzhou and Dongguan 26 YOU-REN YANG AND HUNG-KAI WANG 3 Public-private partnership in the urban water sector of Shanghai 44 SEUNGHO LEE 4 The dialectics of urban planning in China 66 DANIEL B. ABRAMSON PART II Transitioning economic and social spheres 87 5 Hong Kong and Taiwan investment in Dongguan: divergent trajectories and impacts 89 CHUN YANG 6 Urban labor market changes and social protection for urban informal workers: challenges for China and India 109 SUNIL KUMAR AND BINGQ1N LI 7 Ageing urban society: discourse and policy 126 IAN G. COOK AND JASON L. POWELL 8 Transition to homeownership: implications for wealth redistribution 143 SI-MING LI PART III Rebuilding residential space 161 9 Residential redevelopment and social impacts in Beijing 163 HYUN BANG SHIN 10 Neighborhood changes and residential differentiation in Shanghai 185 SHENJING HE AND FULONG WU 11 Large urban redevelopment projects and sociospatial stratification in Shanghai 210 YING YING TIAN AND CECILIA WONG PART IV Emerging leisure, retailing, and consumption practices 233 12 Spaces of leisure: gated golf communities in China 235 GUILLAUME GIROIR 13 A tale of two cities: restructuring of retail capital and production of new consumption spaces in Beijing and Shanghai256 SHUGUANG WANG AND CHONGYI QUO 14 When local meets global: residential differentiation, global connections and consumption in Shanghai 284 JIAMING SUN AND XIANGMING CHEN Index 303