China’s Globalizing Primary Cities as a Contested Space: An Introduction

Abstract

The main argument of this book establishes that the strong state-led and pro-market reforms and urbanization have served to enhance the State's competitiveness, as a latecomer to an advanced level of modern industrialization, and its limited tolerance of permanent slum formation in image-building Chinese cities under reconstruction. Migrants and their welfare entitlements are highly conditional on their residency/ hukou status. The 'Right to the City', as a citizen's right, has thus been compromised, at least in the transitional period, in both the urban renewals and the relocation process. This chapter provides an overall introduction to the research background, its signifi cance, the research aim and framework, the research questions and methodologies and the structure of this book.

Study on terpenoid degradation of Pinus massoniana sawdust for mycelium germination and cultivation of edible fungi

“…As the main afforestation tree species and the main material for industrial, agricultural, construction, and civil utilization, hundreds of millions of tons of P. massoniana sawdust is produced in China annually. While some sawdust is used as fuel, most of it is discarded (Lin et al 2004;Deng and Li 2009;Yang et al 2010;Liu 2015). The intercellular substance of the P. massoniana wood fiber contains a large amount of extractables, such as resin, tannin, polyphenols, and terpenes, which limit the application of P. massoniana sawdust (Zhang and Du 2017).…”