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China

Tan Ying Nilsson (2001) "Från Opiumkriget till Folkrepubliken - framväxten av ett modernt bostadsbyggande". An article based on her work in the book Modern Urban Housing in China, eds: Lu Junhua, Zhang Jie and Peter Rowe. Prestel 2001.

Published in Swedish in "Kinarapport", 4/2001, pp 18-25. Order your copy here. To order the original book in English, you can try to order it here, here, here or here.

Johan Nilsson (2001) "Dagens Shanghai - tusen nya skyskrapor om året".

Published in Swedish in "Kinarapport", 4/2001, pp 35-36. Order your copy here.

Johan Nilsson (2001) "Du ljuva 70-tal".Reflections on architecture design in the Chinese 1970's.

Published in Swedish in "Kinarapport", 4/2001, pp 35-36. Order your copy here.

Johan Nilsson (2002) "Vykort från provinsen". Gems among China's small towns.

Published in Swedish in "Kinarapport", 1/2002. Order your copy here.

Beijing

Tan Ying Nilsson (2003) "Bakom fasaden - vad sker efter flytten". City renewal in Beijing, part two.

Published in Swedish in "Kinarapport", 2/2003. Order your copy here.

Tan Ying Nilsson (2001) "Det senaste decenniets stadsförnyelse i Beijing". City renewal in Beijing, part one.

Published in Swedish in "Kinarapport", 4/2001, pp 41-46. Order your copy here.

Johan Nilsson (1999) "From Concrete Chic to IKEA Komplett". How it is like to live in a Chinese apartment and a review of the Swedish Tenants' Movement. School paper for Qinghua University December 1999. Also partly published in Chinese under the title "I renewed a kitchen with Chinese characteristics" in China Construction News &endash; Real Estate Weekly on December 27 1999 as a part in the series "Living in China". On February 16 2000 it was rewarded as one of their ten best articles.

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Johan Nilsson (1998) "Problems and Possibilities in Today's Urban Renewal in the Old City of Beijing". The Fengsheng project. Part VIII in a series of articles on Beijing's old and dilapidated housing renewal published by members of Professor Lu Junhua's research team at Tsinghua University School of Architecture. Published in Chinese in City Planning Review (Chengshi Guihua), no 4, 1998,pp 42-46 and accepted for publication in China City Planning Review (English Edition).

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Tan Ying (1998) "Relocation and the People - A Research on Neighborhood Renewal in the Old City of Beijing". Paper presented at the international conference Shelter and Revitalization in Havana, Cuba, March 28 - April 3 1998.

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Tan Ying (1994) "Social Aspects of Beijing's Old and Dilapidated Housing Renewal". Part VI in a series of articles on Beijing's old and dilapidated housing renewal published by members of Professor Lu Junhua's research team at Tsinghua University School of Architecture. China City Planning Review (English edition), vol 10, no 4, 1994.

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Quanzhou

Quanzhou is situated in Fujian Province, southeast China. See our links page for more information.

Johan Nilsson (2001) "Quanzhous nya arkitektur - Tradition och nyskapande med kvalitet". Article about Quanzhou's new arcitecture and approach to preserve its character.

Published in Swedish in "Kinarapport", 4/2001, pp 18-25. Order your copy here.

Johan Nilsson and Tan Ying (1999, 2001) "Advocacy Work on Conservation and Tourism Development in the Old City of Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China". Paper presented at the International Conference on Anthropology, Chinese Society and Tourism in Kunming, Yunnan Province, PRC from Sept. 28 to Oct. 1, 1999.

Published in "Tourism, Anthropology and China" edited by Tan Chee-Beng, Sidney Cheung and Yang Hui. Bangkok; White Lotus, 2001, pp 289-312.

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