Transforming China's globalizing cities

This paper serves as an introduction to the first part of this special issue of Habitat International on Urbanization in China. It discusses the context of globalization, and then tries to place Chinese cities within this context. Chinese cities are currently being forced into the age of globalization by many forces, such as entry into World Trade Organization and the expansion of the market economy. Thus, an examination of the re-structuring that is occurring and the changes that are taking place is timely. The papers in this collection fulfil this purpose.