Urbanisation in Between: Rural traces in a rapidly growing and industrialising county city

This article focuses on the lived experiences of people who have moved to Zouping, a rapidly urbanising city in Shandong Province. It argues that the variety of their experiences reveals much about Chinese processes of urbanisation. Recent writing on Chinese urbanisation often portrays a sharp socia...

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Published in:China perspectives 2013, Vol.2013 (3 (95)), p.5-12
Main Author: KIPNIS, ANDREW B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
China (People's Republic)
Cities
Cities and towns
City districts
City planning
Counter urbanization
Counties
Emigration and immigration
Factories
Factory labor
Food
Growth
Housing
Ideal Types
Individualism
Middle schools
Migrant labor
Migrant workers
Migrants
Peoples Republic of China
Plant-based beverages
Rapid urbanization
Restaurants
Retail stores
Rural Areas
Rural conditions
Shopping centers
Soy products
Special feature
Studies
Towns
Urban areas
Urbanization
Villages
Wages & salaries
Workers
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Summary:This article focuses on the lived experiences of people who have moved to Zouping, a rapidly urbanising city in Shandong Province. It argues that the variety of their experiences reveals much about Chinese processes of urbanisation. Recent writing on Chinese urbanisation often portrays a sharp social break with rural experience. This article discusses the variable degrees of continuity with rural pasts that different groups of new urbanites experience. It presents Zouping as an intermediate case of Chinese urbanisation, illustrating aspects of both migrant and in situ development, and also argues for the importance of attention to divergent examples of lived experiences, which often blend or transcend the ideal types presented in models of urban experience.
ISSN:2070-3449
1996-4617
DOI:10.4000/chinaperspectives.6238