Ghost Cities of China (Paperback)

Wade Shepard

ISBN 10: 178360218X / ISBN 13: 9781783602186

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 2015

About this Item

Paperback. Featuring everything from sports stadiums to shopping malls, hundreds of new cities in China stand empty, with hundreds more set to be built by 2030. Between now and then, the country's urban population will leap to over one billion, as the central government kicks its urbanization initiative into overdrive. In the process, traditional social structures are being torn apart, and a rootless, semi-displaced, consumption orientated culture rapidly taking their place. Ghost Cities of China is an enthralling dialogue driven, on-location search for an understanding of China's new cities and the reasons why many currently stand empty. Looking through the lens of new cities, Ghost Cities of China shows the 'new society' that's being created to live in them. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ghost Cities of China (Paperback)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 178360218X
• ISBN 13: 9781783602186
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Featuring everything from sports stadiums to shopping malls, hundreds of new cities in China stand empty, with hundreds more set to be built by 2030. Between now and then, the country's urban population will leap to over one billion, as the central government kicks its urbanization initiative into overdrive. In the process, traditional social structures are being torn apart, and a rootless, semi-displaced, consumption orientated culture rapidly taking their place. Ghost Cities of China is an enthralling dialogue driven, on-location search for an understanding of China's new cities and the reasons why many currently stand empty.

About the Author

Wade Shepard is an itinerant writer who has been travelling the world since 1999. He grew up in western New York State, at the heart of the infamous Rust Belt - a place that knows ghost cities well. Having graduated with a degree in ethnographic journalism from Long Island University Global (then Friends World Program), he has made his living as an archaeologist, a journalist, and an independent blogger. In 2005 he ended up in China for the first time, and he hasn't been able to fully shake the country yet. Wade is a contributor to the South China Morning Post; and his work has appeared in Reuters, CityMetric, Wanderlust Magazine, and other top China and travel focused publications. He blogs at Vagabondjourney.com.