How and why did property rights to collectively owned informal housing become secure at the local level in China? The security of such property rights, especially those subject to strong state interference, is significantly associated with the strategic interaction of local governments and local...

[This paper critically assesses Harvey's “spatial fix” thesis through systematically comparing the spatial patterns and dynamics of three key regions of China's information and communication industry (ICT). The divergent territorialization is analyzed by broadening the concepts of global...