ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates the generic transition dynamics of two projects. It is believed that SSTEC is sort of a “territorial trap”, disregarding processes and scales of the production of urban space. Through forceful and determined endorsement from the highest level of government, the project will get whatever resources it needs for future development. Unlike other new towns, there are more opportunities for trial and error in SSTEC. Regarding regime-niches dynamics, there were quite a lot of conflicts at the beginning. It seems that for joint projects where policy mobility and assemblage are frequent and well-structured, adaptation and compromising processes will be smoother when local interests are well represented in the cooperating mechanisms. It should be highlighted that in the Chinese contexts, the local government, represented by local SOEs, bureaucracies, developers and other social entities, plays a dominant role throughout the whole process.
