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Daniel Biau

Are Asian Cities Shaped by Global Forces?

Vol - XLVII No. 29, July 21, 2012 | Daniel Biau

Asian Cities: Globalisation, Urbanisation and Nation-Building by Malcolm McKinnon (Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies), 2011; pp 258, $90.

Chinese Cities, Indian Cities: A Telling Contrast

Vol - XLII No. 33, August 18, 2007 | Daniel Biau

In China and India, cities are the locomotives of the new growth models. They pull the economy in the right direction, and this is reflected not only in their foreign trade performance but also in the reduction of poverty.