Abstract
This article explores urban preservation in the Chinese context. Using three historic districts across China, the author analyzes the gap between insiders' and outsiders' understanding of authenticity and of collective memory and its spatial representations. The article argues that what is needed is a culturally sensitive narrative approach which incorporates the public history perspective into urban preservation.
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2010
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