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“Pudong is not my Shanghai”: Displacement, Place–Identity, and Right to the “City” in Urban China

“Pudong is not my Shanghai”: Displacement, Place–Identity, and Right to the “City” in Urban China “Pudong Is Not My Shanghai”: Displacement, Place-Identity, and Right to the “City” in Urban China Fang Xu* University of California, Berkeley INTRODUCTION Existing studies on urban redevelopment and gentrification in China have documented neoliberal urbanism and state intervention as the driving forces transforming Shanghai into a global city (see, e.g., Zhang 2002; Zhang and Ke 2004; Chen 2009; He 2005; He and Wu 2007; Ren 2008; Xu 2004). However, nearly 30 years into building a globalizing Shanghai, how much do we know about the lives of Shanghainese after their displace- ment? The urban landscape in the new global Shanghai alienates and disorients native Shang- hainese. This new Shanghai is a three-dimensional printout designed by the state, both the central and municipal levels, and is modeled after global cities in the West. Ap- proaches in urban redevelopment and renewal in the West in the 20th century di- verged, some built up in their central districts such as New York City or London, the two quintessential global cities according to Sassen (2001), while others sprawled out such as Los Angeles. It is the former that policy makers in China aimed at, to (re)build an awe-inspiring metropolis of global significance to showcase http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png City and Community SAGE

“Pudong is not my Shanghai”: Displacement, Place–Identity, and Right to the “City” in Urban China

City and Community , Volume 19 (2): 1 – Jun 1, 2020

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1535-6841
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10.1111/cico.12491
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“Pudong Is Not My Shanghai”: Displacement, Place-Identity, and Right to the “City” in Urban China Fang Xu* University of California, Berkeley INTRODUCTION Existing studies on urban redevelopment and gentrification in China have documented neoliberal urbanism and state intervention as the driving forces transforming Shanghai into a global city (see, e.g., Zhang 2002; Zhang and Ke 2004; Chen 2009; He 2005; He and Wu 2007; Ren 2008; Xu 2004). However, nearly 30 years into building a globalizing Shanghai, how much do we know about the lives of Shanghainese after their displace- ment? The urban landscape in the new global Shanghai alienates and disorients native Shang- hainese. This new Shanghai is a three-dimensional printout designed by the state, both the central and municipal levels, and is modeled after global cities in the West. Ap- proaches in urban redevelopment and renewal in the West in the 20th century di- verged, some built up in their central districts such as New York City or London, the two quintessential global cities according to Sassen (2001), while others sprawled out such as Los Angeles. It is the former that policy makers in China aimed at, to (re)build an awe-inspiring metropolis of global significance to showcase

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Published: Jun 1, 2020

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