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Lanchih Po is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and International Area Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She received her doctorate from the Department of City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley in 2001. Her academic career includes teaching at Peking University in Beijing from 2001 to 2006. Her research interests focus on the divergent developmental paths of China's transitional economies and the socio-economic transformations associated with China's (sub)urbanization processes. Additionally, she explores the connections between urbanism, architectural space, literature, and media culture in China and Taiwan. Noteworthy publications include 'Property Rights Reforms Changing Grassroots Governance in China’s Urban-Rural Peripheries: Case of Changping District Beijing' in Urban Studies (2011) and 'Asymmetrical Integration: Public Finance Deprivation in China's Urban Villages' in Environment and Planning (2012).
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