The dynamic of globalisation and urban change in Europe and North America has been extensively documented. Relatively little is known about the processes and consequences of spatial restructuring in metropolitan regions within the context of a transitional socialist economy. This study...

Small towns in China have recently emerged as the most dynamic element of national development and urbanization in the post-reform era. Two types of towns in China's southern province of Guangdong are quantitatively analyzed to reveal their functional features. The county capitals and market...

China's spaces of urbanisation in the 1980s and early 1990s were occupied primarily by the interests of rural industrialisation and town development. Since the mid 1990s, China's urban spaces have been reproduced through a city-based and land-centred process of urbanisation in which large cities...

S<sc>un</sc> Y., Z<sc>hou</sc> Y., L<sc>in</sc> G. C. S. and W<sc>ei</sc> Y. H. D. Subcontracting and supplier innovativeness in a developing economy: evidence from China's information and communication technology industry, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This study critically evaluates the relevance of the global value chains theory against...

H<sc>u</sc> F. Z. Y. and L<sc>in</sc> G. C. S. Placing the transformation of state-owned enterprises in North-east China: the state, region and firm in a transitional economy, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This study examines the nature of firm--region nexus in the transformation of state-owned enterprises in the Chinese...

This study critically examines the relevance of the perceived notions of localised production linkages, knowledge spillover and external technology transfer to the experiences of the growth of the ICT industry in China. The research is based on a major firm-level survey conducted in China's...

China's economic reform since 1978 has brought profound change, not only to the functioning of the state organization, but also to the structuring of the space economy. Prior to the reform, the Maoist regime introduced a system of state socialism featuring a centrally planned economy, an...