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Living in China: A Modern History of Family Residence from 1949

Living in China: A Modern History of Family Residence from 1949

He, Yong
Xie, Xiaoping

Hardcover

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ISBN10: 1487808437
ISBN13: 9781487808433
Publisher: Royal Collins Publishing Company
Published: Mar 31 2022
Pages: 234
Weight: 1.91
Height: 0.76 Width: 8.10 Depth: 10.39
Language: English
Since the founding of modern China in 1949 up until the present, the national housing system has changed drastically. Originally, the PRC adopted a socialist residence system, confiscating private housing and allocating houses and properties through government bodies. This arguably peaked during the collectivisation movements of the era, before changing course in the late 1970s. Afterwards, a general trend of privatisation occurred in Chinese housing, fundamentally altering the nature of the domestic housing market.

This book tracks these changes in government policy and attitudes towards residential housing, as well as the trends of modernisation, urbanization, and development that contribute to shifts in living conditions and expectations of Chinese citizens. As well as mapping out specific policies and particular trends of the Chinese housing market, e.g., the destruction-regeneration model, the author also includes 25 real-life stories from his students' personal experiences - a college project in which the students interviewed their parents and grandparents on every house they'd lived in since 1949. These detailed and colorful reports paint a picture for readers on the reality of Chinese housing and living conditions over the last three generations. In particular, a common trade-off between material comforts and loneliness is observed in many reports. Any reader curious on the nature and change of Chinese residential housing can find answers in this book.

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