Dr Yimin Zhao's Outputs (6)

Overlooked cities: Shifting the gaze in research and practice in global urban studies (2022)
Journal Article
Nugraha, E., Wesely, J., Ruszczyk, H. A., de Villiers, I., & Zhao, Y. (2023). Overlooked cities: Shifting the gaze in research and practice in global urban studies. Cities, 133, Article 104044. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.104044

There is growing scholarly attention to secondary and intermediary cities as their relevance for global urban development is increasingly recognised. We call urban academics, scholars, policymakers and practitioners to situate debates on these cities... Read More about Overlooked cities: Shifting the gaze in research and practice in global urban studies.

The urbanising dynamics of global China: speculation, articulation, and translation in global capitalism (2022)
Journal Article
Shin, H. B., Zhao, Y., & Koh, S. Y. (2022). The urbanising dynamics of global China: speculation, articulation, and translation in global capitalism. Urban Geography, 43(10), 1457-1468. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2022.2141491

The assembled papers in this special issue jointly explore the urban manifestation of “Global China” at different scales and involving diverse actors, discussing the ways in which the urban has been reconfigured by China’s global expansion and uncove... Read More about The urbanising dynamics of global China: speculation, articulation, and translation in global capitalism.

The Informal Constitution of State Centrality: Governing Street Businesses in (Post‐)Pandemic Chengdu, China (2022)
Journal Article
Jin, Y., & Zhao, Y. (2022). The Informal Constitution of State Centrality: Governing Street Businesses in (Post‐)Pandemic Chengdu, China. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 46(4), 631-650. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.13124

As part of China's endeavour to modernize and internationalize its cities, it has repeatedly eliminated street markets and street vendors. But in the (post-)pandemic context, regulating street businesses inclusively turned out to be an efficient way... Read More about The Informal Constitution of State Centrality: Governing Street Businesses in (Post‐)Pandemic Chengdu, China.

Postscript: in-pandemic academia, scholarly practices, and an ethics of care (2022)
Book Chapter
Shin, H. B., Jin, Y., Koh, S. Y., Mckenzie, M., Oh, D. Y., & Zhao, Y. (2022). Postscript: in-pandemic academia, scholarly practices, and an ethics of care. In H. B. Shin, M. Mckenzie, & D. Y. Oh (Eds.), COVID-19 in Southeast Asia: Insights for a post-pandemic world (291-306). LSE Press. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.cov.z

The performativity of the state in China’s land transformation: a case study of Dahongmen, Beijing (2022)
Journal Article
Zhao, Y. (2022). The performativity of the state in China’s land transformation: a case study of Dahongmen, Beijing. Oxford Development Studies, 50(1), 62-77. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600818.2022.2025770

The micropolitics involved in urbanising land is yet to be well illustrated in urban and development studies. With the case of Dahongmen in Beijing, this paper explores the governing techniques for dealing with land transformation to uncover the natu... Read More about The performativity of the state in China’s land transformation: a case study of Dahongmen, Beijing.

The porous urban (2022)
Journal Article
Zhao, Y. (2022). The porous urban. City: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action, 26(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1080/13604813.2022.2041291