ABSTRACT
As the second of two concluding chapters for this collection on Chinese architecture, this chapter reviews the contributions on modern China, as the preceding chapter did on ancient China). As the last chapter, it also provides an overall review. Observing the chapters on modern China, six themes are detected – knowledge, design, practice, space, technology, and theorization. Connecting to Part I on ancient China, the chapter discovers discontinuities as well as continuity in the role of state authority – an active agent, a producer of other agents, and a cultural force. The chapter ends with an observation regarding three emerging trends – long perspective, sociology with history, and theorization.
