Over the years interlocutors have pointed to the role of elites in the selective utilisation of
history, memory, nostalgia and heritage within modern China; particularly, scholars have …

Since China's signing of UNESCO's World Heritage Convention in 1985, cultural heritage in
China has become a booming industry and a key area of scholarly investigation. The …

This intervention examines the extant literature on historical imaginaries and historic urban
branding in China. It suggests that while research in this field has increasingly moved away …

In recent years discussions of historic urban place-making have emerged within the field of
Chinese urban studies. Specifically, writers have discussed the role of new forms of …

After decades of fierce political struggles in the Mao era, the People's Republic of China has
strived economically under the open-door policy since the end of the 1970s. However, the …

The chapter contributes to the post-political scholarship by examining the interaction
between state and society in urban heritage practices. Based on various examples of recent …

This edited volume focuses on heritage discourse and practice in China today as it has
evolved from the'heritage turn'that can be dated to the 1990s. Using a variety of disciplinary …

Cultural-heritage tourism is nowadays a major force of economic growth, especially in
economically lagging but culturally-rich western China. This article begins with a discussion …

This paper examines the rural ethnic heritage-inspired transformation of the built
environment of a relatively small county town in China. The paper explores the ways village …

This article investigates various heritage-related practices in the city of Shanghai since the
end of colonialism. With the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the …