"This book will be greatly useful for many Asian architects seeking to position themselves in a competitive global community of architects, while seeking to develop their own independent architecture, without having the need to derive a national architect

"This most interesting and informative book will be widely welcomed as there is little available in the English press on the new architecture of China. The original research is commendable and the text and illustrations provide an authoritative reference

"A rare and comprehensive historical analysis of contemporary Chinese architecture written in English. Native architect, Charlie Xue, who has witnessed first-hand the revolutionary developments in Chinese architecture over the past 25 years, presents a de

Dr. Charlie Q. L. Xue has involved in architectural design and education in China and the USA for the past quarter of century. He is the author of Building Practice in China (1999), Contemplating on Architecture (2001), The Global Impact Overseas Architectural Design in China (2007), and more than 100 academic papers in the world. He is also a newspaper columnist on urban architecture. Dr. Xue is a fellow of Architectural Society of China (ASC), and a member of Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT). He now teaches at City University of Hong Kong.