城市中国 ｜ Urban China

城市中国 ｜ Urban China Timezone 8 is pleased to announce the book launch of Urban China Work in Progress Selections
from Urban China Magazine. This members only event will take place at Timezone 8
(798) 4:30-5:30pm, Sunday November 15. Speaking at the launch will be the Editor
Brendan McGetrick and Jiang Jun. Canapes and refreshements will b...e served prior
to the talk.

Urban China: Work In Progress is a
groundbreaking publication that brings together many of China's most
influential contemporary writers, photographers, and critics. Drawn from the
pages of "Urban China," a monthly magazine that combines politics, sociology,
mass media, architecture, art, and literature, the book provides an intimate
view to a century of radical modernization in China. Organized
around three basic themes - society, family, and education - the book fans out
to cover an expansive range of topics, offering personal perspectives on a
culture that is influential, often discussed, but little understood. Presented
here for the first time in English, the essays, photos, maps, diagrams, and
illustrations that comprise "Work In Progress" establish a new paradigm for the
study of Chinese cultural construction.

“An excellent magazine... Every month Urban China
attempts the seemingly impossible - to construct a coherent narrative about a
landscape that is changing by the minute.” - Rem
Koolhaas

“I have been a fan of Urban China for a
long, long time. It is a great example of how a magazine can be a laboratory and
also a time capsule.” - Hans Ulrich Obrist

“Urban China has done agreat job to become a reallyunique
magazine on urbanissues.” - Hou Hanru