Jonathan Chatwin, "Long Peace Street: A Walk in Modern China" (Manchester UP, 2019)

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Jenny Banh, "Fantasies of Hong Kong Disneyland: Attempted Indigenizations of Space, Labor, and Consumption" (Rutgers UP, 2025)

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