Bases of Governance and Forms of Resistance: The Case of Rural China

Assemblages of Living Together: Residential Cohabitation in Peri-urban Areas of Chengdu and Hyderabad

“…9 The development of the amusement park and associated gated communities has transformed the peripheries of Jinniu district from a largely rural area to a tourist destination with the highest (5A) ranking given by Chinese Administration of Culture and Tourism. However, situated among and beside the world-class tourist attraction and residential areas are urban villages, a situation which exhibits the persistence of rural administration and the dual land system (He et al 2010;Wu et al 2013;Zhou and Ai 2016), and the sociality that is organized by the rural collectives (Zhang et al 2003;Hsing 2010;Zhou and Ai 2016). The tensions between the globalized western-style gated communities and urban villages are partially reconciled by the city's endeavor to redevelop urban villages into resettlement housing communities that resemble gated communities in many aspects, e.g.…”