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Bandurski on the Villages Within China’s Cities

At The New York Times, Patrick Boehler speaks with China Media Project’s David Bandurski about the Chinese phenomenon of urban villages–clusters of rural communities enclosed by urban construction–that are the focus of Bandurski’s new book, Dragons in Diamond Village.  Q. What are urban villages? A. Basically, they are bizarre pockets of rural China right inside the city. These villages were overtaken by cities as they expanded in the 1980s