Deepens readers' understanding of the new urban-rural relationship created by online services in China, drawing on representative case studies to do so Introduces a new framework for assessing online urbanization Discusses how the urbanization pattern relates to urbanization in developing countries

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Dr. Li Zi has substantial experience in urbanization in Europe and Asia, especially in China. He is the co-founder of I-Village and the Rural Community Development Group (RCDG), a researcher at the National University of Singapore and a guest researcher at Alibaba's New Rural Institute. He hold PhD (National University of Singapore) and Master (TU Delft) in Urbanism. His research focuses on exploring the new spatial distribution of urban-rural China, taking into account the emergence of online services and e-commerce systems.

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