My work focuses on rural and urban development and cultural transformation in contemporary China. I also work on China's infrastructure-driven investments and practices in Southeast Asia. My most recent research explores infrastructural urbanism in China’s ‘New Area’ urban zones. I am currently working on the impacts of Chinese digital capitalism and digital infrastructures on new urbanizing landscapes in Southeast Asia.
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tourism, cultural economy, heritage, China, governance, regional development, ethnicity, urbanization, infrastructure, digital capitalism