The life and death of Taobao villages
How urban–rural disparities mediate the digital transformation of Chinese countryside
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12835852 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linliang Qian (0000-0003-1429-5404, Southeast University, corresponding author), Lu Xiang (0009-0007-8454-1822, Sun Yat-sen University) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 100252-100252 |
| Publication date | 2026-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian journal of social science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1568-4849 • E-ISSN: 2212-3857 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ajss.2026.100252 |
| OpenAlex | W7148691088 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 39 |
Asian studies · Dual (grammatical number · Government (linguistics · Indigenous · Population · Rural area · Sustainable development · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Rural development and sustainability · Smart Cities and Technologies
The Origins and Social Consequences of China's Hukou System
China's E-Commerce
Producing new farmers in Chinese rural live E-commerce
The Politics of Digital Agricultural Technologies
Placing the platform economy
Suzhi (human quality) and individualization amongst short-term Kung Fu students in China
Exploring Xiaohongshu’s role in business promotion among new Chinese migrant enterprises
Interaction rituals in a crisis
Where you live determines how you are treated”
Return migration, online entrepreneurship and gender performance in the Chinese ‘ Taobao families’
Rural development in the digital age
The dynamic process of social capital transformation and the emergence of E-commerce diffusion networks
An urban-rural divide (or not?)
Creating land markets for rural revitalization
Digital transformation of agriculture and rural areas
Informality and rural industry
The spatial aggregation of rural e-commerce in China
The assemblage and making of suburbs in post-reform China
Economic transition and speculative urbanisation in China
From expansion to exclusion
The Impact of Land Requisition on Peasant Life in China
E-Commerce, Taobao Villages and Regional Development in China
Hacking Hekla
Accumulation without Dispossession? Land Commodification and Rent Extraction in Peri-urban China
De-Orientalizing the Chinese family firm
Becoming Urban
Rural Development in the Digital Age
Young Farmers in 'The New World of Work
Digitalization and Social Innovation in Rural Areas
Accumulation by and without dispossession
Urbanization through dispossession
Violence as development
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |