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This chapter describes the features of the “work-unit” compound, the typical residence prevalent in Beijing during the era of the planned economy, and to analyze its problems after China changed to a market economy. It is argued that with the transformation to a market economy, the homogeneous lifestyle that characterized the “work-unit” compound has gradually disappeared, and the “work-unit” compound was no longer suit to the new housing demands of the urban residents.
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From 1958 on, especially during the “Great Culture Revolution” (1966–1976), many private courtyard houses were confiscated by the government (see Chapter 4). Some of them became “work-unit” compounds as well. The “work-unit” compound discussed here, however, are those newly built after 1949.
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Wang, Y. (2016). The Homogeneous Residence Under the Planned Economy. In: A Century of Change. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39633-0_6
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