{"product_id":"the-shenzhen-experiment-juan-du-9780674975286","title":"The Shenzhen Experiment: The Story of China's Instant City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning Hong Kong-based architect with decades of experience designing buildings and planning cities in the People's Republic of China takes us to the Pearl River delta and into the heart of China's iconic Special Economic Zone, Shenzhen.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShenzhen is ground zero for the economic transformation China has seen in recent decades. In 1979, driven by China's widespread poverty, Deng Xiaoping supported a bold proposal to experiment with economic policies in a rural borderland next to Hong Kong. The site was designated as the City of Shenzhen and soon after became China's first Special Economic Zone (SEZ). Four decades later, Shenzhen is a megacity of twenty million, an internationally recognized digital technology hub, and the world's most successful economic zone. Some see it as a modern miracle city that seemingly came from nowhere, attributing its success solely to centralized planning and Shenzhen's proximity to Hong Kong. The Chinese government has built hundreds of new towns using the Shenzhen model, yet none has come close to replicating the city's level of economic success. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut is it true that Shenzhen has no meaningful history? That the city was planned on a tabula rasa? That the region's rural past has had no significant impact on the urban present? Juan Du unravels the myth of Shenzhen and shows us how this world-famous \"instant city\" has a surprising history--filled with oyster fishermen, villages that remain encased within city blocks, a secret informal housing system--and how it has been catapulted to success as much by the ingenuity of its original farmers as by Beijing's policy makers. \u003ci\u003eThe Shenzhen Experiment\u003c\/i\u003e is an important story for all rapidly urbanizing and industrializing nations around the world seeking to replicate China's economic success in the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Juan Du\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674975286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674975286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.50w x 1.20d","brand":"Juan Du","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43988208746751,"sku":"9780674975286","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5115f77-3787-4345-a400-d65226230a58.jpg?v=1683293225","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-shenzhen-experiment-juan-du-9780674975286","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}