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Xuefei Ren

Bio: Xuefei Ren is an academic researcher from Michigan State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: China & Beijing. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 41 publications receiving 838 citations. Previous affiliations of Xuefei Ren include Northeastern University & University of Chicago.

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TL;DR: Three months into the Covid-19 crisis, lockdown has become a global response to the pandemic as discussed by the authors. But why have so many countries resorted to lockdown? How is it being implemented in different places? Why h
Abstract: Three months into the Covid-19 crisis, lockdown has become a global response to the pandemic. Why have so many countries resorted to lockdown? How is it being implemented in different places? Why h...

150 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the changing housing rights regimes amidst the urban renewal currently underway in Shanghai and Mumbai, and examine the policies and regulations that govern residential securit...
Abstract: This article examines the changing housing rights regimes amidst the urban renewal currently underway in Shanghai and Mumbai. We examine the policies and regulations that govern residential securit...

133 citations

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TL;DR: The authors examines the role of historical preservation in the spatial restructuring of postindustrial cities through a detailed case study of Xintiandi, a preservation-based redevelopment projec ect.
Abstract: This article examines the role of historical preservation in the spatial restructuring of postindustrial cities through a detailed case study of Xintiandi, a preservation–based redevelopment projec...

98 citations

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TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper examine the state spatial strategies of reconstituting control over cultural production by turning the formerly organic artist villages into official art districts, and find that the local state has extended its creative control over artists by using interlocking directorates - a practice of appointing the same government officials to serve across the executive boards of multiple governing organizations in art districts.
Abstract: The discourse of creative industries arrived in China in the early 2000s via the epistemic network of international scholars and consultants. It has since garnered enthusiastic support on the domestic policy circuit, where it is viewed as the key to making the transition from 'Made in China' to 'Created in China'. This article situates China's creative industry development in its urban context, examining the state spatial strategies of reconstituting control over cultural production by turning the formerly organic artist villages into official art districts. Drawing upon fieldwork on the visual and performing arts sectors in Beijing, we find that the local state has extended its creative control over artists by using interlocking directorates - a practice of appointing the same government officials to serve across the executive boards of multiple governing organizations in art districts. The districtification of artist villages has led to 'artistic urbanization', a process whereby rural villages quickly urbanize in the midst of art-led development endorsed and monitored by the local state. Artistic urbanization is a spatial strategy by the state to reconstitute its control over cultural production and to profit from real estate development, and it has led to renewed censorship of artists and widespread property speculation. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

74 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the relationship between architecture and nation building in the age of globalization, with an analysis of the debates and controversies about the National Stadium, the main sports venue for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Abstract: :This study examines the relationship between architecture and nation building in the age of globalization, with an analysis of the debates and controversies about the National Stadium, the main sports venue for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The article argues that nationalism, along with the cultural ideology of global consumerism, drives the production of flagship architectural projects in China. The dilemma between nationalism and global consumerism has led state politicians and bureaucrats to opt for a global architectural language to narrate national ambitions. The study reveals the rationale underlying the search for global architecture among political elites in China, as well as its mixed consequences for local cultural discourses and politics.

71 citations


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01 Jan 2004

2,223 citations

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TL;DR: This article argued that the British Empire was a " liberal" empire that upheld international law, kept the seas open and free, and ultimately benefited everyone by ensuring the free flow of trade.
Abstract: From a world history perspective, the most noticeable trend in the history of the late 19th century was the domination of Europeans over Non­Europeans. This domination took many forms ranging from economic penetration to outright annexation. No area of the globe, however remote from Europe, was free of European merchants, adventurers, explorers or western missionaries. Was colonialism good for either the imperialist or the peoples of the globe who found themselves subjects of one empire or another? A few decades ago, the answer would have been a resounding no. Now, in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the more or less widespread discrediting of Marxist and Leninist analysis, and the end of the Cold War, political scientists and historians seem willing to take a more positive look at Nineteenth Century Imperialism. One noted current historian, Niall Ferguson has argued that the British Empire probably accomplished more positive good for the world than the last generation of historians, poisoned by Marxism, could or would concede. Ferguson has argued that the British Empire was a \" liberal \" empire that upheld international law, kept the seas open and free, and ultimately benefited everyone by ensuring the free flow of trade. In other words, Ferguson would find little reason to contradict the young Winston Churchill's assertion that the aim of British imperialism was to: give peace to warring tribes, to administer justice where all was violence, to strike the chains off the slave, to draw the richness from the soil, to place the earliest seeds of commerce and learning, to increase in whole peoples their capacities for pleasure and diminish their chances of pain. It should come as no surprise that Ferguson regards the United States current position in the world as the natural successor to the British Empire and that the greatest danger the U.S. represents is that the world will not get enough American Imperialism because U.S. leaders often have short attention spans and tend to pull back troops when intervention becomes unpopular. It will be very interesting to check back into the debate on Imperialism about ten years from now and see how Niall Ferguson's point of view has fared! The other great school of thought about Imperialism is, of course, Marxist. For example, Marxist historians like E.J. Hobsbawm argue that if we look at the l9th century as a great competition for the world's wealth and …

2,001 citations

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TL;DR: Sampson, Robert J. as mentioned in this paper, The Great American city: Chicago and the enduring neighborhood effect. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2012. pp. 552, $27.50 cloth.
Abstract: Sampson, Robert J. 2012. Great American city: Chicago and the enduring neighborhood effect. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN-13: 9780226734569. pp. 552, $27.50 cloth. Robert J. Sampson’s ...

1,089 citations

01 Oct 2006

973 citations