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From Fake Market to a Strong Brand? The Silk Street Market in Beijing

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Authors: Pang, Ching Lin; Sterling, Sara

Source: Built Environment, Volume 39, Number 2, June 2013, pp. 224-235(12)

Publisher: Alexandrine Press

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2148/benv.39.2.224

This article is written as a biography of the Silk Street Market, Beijing, based on participant observation and interviews. It discusses the physical and symbolic transformation of the marketplace, over the past three decades, from a humble street market into an emblematic tourist site of Beijing. Migrants come and go, fashionable brands change, and yet reading the biography of the Silk Market reminds us of its resilience and its extraordinary skills in recasting itself from a fake market into (ideally) a brand name. In all its controversial glory, the Silk Street Market seems to reflect an re-enactment the fortunes of Beijing from a micro perspective.

Document Type: Research Article

Publication date: 01 June 2013

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  • Built Environment is published quarterly in March, June, September and December. With an emphasis on crossing disciplinary boundaries and providing global perspective, each issue focuses on a single subject of contemporary interest to practitioners, academics and students working in a wide range of disciplines. Issues are guest-edited by established international experts who not only commission contributions, but also oversee the peer-reviewing process in collaboration with the Editors.

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    The journal is abstracted in Geo Abstracts, Sage Urban Studies Abstracts, and Journal of Planning Literature, and is indexed in the Avery Index to Architectural Publications.

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