High-Speed Urbanization and the “Over-sized Cities” in Contemporary China

May 4, 2018 | 4:00-6:00 pm
Starr Foundation Hall | 63 Fifth Ave, NY, The New School

A Public Talk with Zhe Sun, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics(S.U.F.E)

About the Talk

The urbanization rate in China has passed 50% since 2011 and will reach 60% by the year 2020. However, the image of “rural China” stays as a stereotype for a long time.

This talk is aimed to help understand China in urban condition. It will start from the process of high-speed urbanization in the first decade of 21st century. Then it will demonstrate the high- density situation in three megacities: Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Finally, it will emphasize the current u-turn of urban policy from social inclusion to social exclusion in the so-called “over-sized” cities and point out the latest inequality issues in the case of Shanghai.

About the Speaker

Dr. Zhe SUN is an assistant researcher in the department of economic sociology at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics(S.U.F.E). He achieved his PhD in E.N.S Paris-Saclay with a French dissertation on the housing market and homeowner society in Shanghai. Now he is studying the rental housing market, tenants groups as well as other relevant urban issues such as the informal economy, gentrification and gated-community etc.

This event is organized by the India China Institute and co-sponsored by The New School’s Global Studies Program and Environmental Studies Program.

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