In this episode of Barbarians at the Gate, we chat with Andrew Stokols, who is currently a Ph.D. candidate at MIT researching varieties of digital urbanism globally, with an emphasis on China.
We Built This City: A Look at Four Beijing City Planners From Empire to Modern Capital
ChinaEconTalk Podcast: Reinterpreting Beijing and its History
Moving Out: Beijing’s “Rejuvenation” Enters a New Phase
Beijing's 'Great Brickening' Encroaches Deeper Into Residential Areas
While “The Brickening” has so far mostly affected commercial properties, including wiping out many well-known and beloved food and beverage institutions, the next phase in Beijing’s ongoing urban rejuvenation will start to affect residents of areas designated as historical and cultural conservation zones. These areas are mostly located within the Second Ring Road north of the Forbidden City.
Dangerous Benevolence
The Beijing Migrants Crackdown: A ChinaFile Conversation
Since mid-November, police and security officials have evicted tens of thousands of migrants from their apartments, and pictures of the newly homeless from all across China sitting outside in the Beijing winter have spread widely on social media. Why did the city government take this step? And what does this mean for the rights of China’s so-called “low-end population”?
How to Avoid Getting Evicted in the Latest Round of Housing Demolitions
The forced eviction of some of Beijing’s most vulnerable residents has sparked a backlash with even Chinese state media offering (albeit tepid) criticism of the city’s handling of this latest round of “urban renewal.”
But it’s not just Beijing’s poor and migrant communities which are being affected. Many international residents are feeling the pinch as well.
