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A Cultural Comparison Between Chinese and Western Squares

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The dissatisfactory aspects in the development of China’s urban development resulted to a large extent from simple replication of Western squares.

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    Wei-chieh Wang. An Exploration of the Squares in Southern Europe, Idyllic Urban Cultural Undertakings Co., Ltd, 1999, p. 21.

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    Wei-chieh Wang. An Exploration of the Squares in Southern EuropeFrom Ancient Greece to Renaissance, Idyllic Urban Cultural Undertakings Co., Ltd, 1999, pp. 43–58.

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    L. S. Stavrianos. World Since 1500: A Global History (translated by Wu Xiangying, et al. into Chinese), Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Press, 1999, pp. 11–14.

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    Benyi, Yantielun (on Salt and Iron), Volume 1.

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    Lin Yutang. The Chinese People (translated by He Zhidong, et al. into Chinese), Academia Press, 1994, p. 117.

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    Luo Zhewen and Wang Zhenfu. Grand Sight on Chinese Architectural Culture, Peking University Press, 2001, p. 14.

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    L. S. Stavrianos. World Since 1500: A Global History (translated by Wu Xiangying, et al. into Chinese), Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Press, 1999, pp. 31–32.

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Fu, C., Cao, W. (2019). A Cultural Comparison Between Chinese and Western Squares. In: An Urban History of China. China Connections. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8211-6_14

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