| Titre | The City as Laboratory and the Urban-Rural Divide | |
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| Auteur | Tim Murphy, Ting Xu | |
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Revue | China perspectives |
| Numéro | no 2008/4 The City, Laboratory of the New China | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Special Feature: The City, Laboratory of the New China |
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| Page | 26-34 | |
| Résumé anglais | This paper focuses on the revival of private property and its limits in urban China. It explores the emergence of urban property markets; urban property-holding in relation to the complexity of urban governance; “minor property rights apartments” that form a de facto real estate market and cross over the urban-rural divide; the “grey areas” of blurring legal and administrative boundaries in modern China; and recent changes to the rural land system and the rural-urban divide. The conclusion flags the theme of the city as laboratory with regard to the blurring legal and governmental urban-rural distinction. |
