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The rise of China and its status as a leading global factory are altering the way people live and consume. At the same time, the world appears wary of the real costs involved. Fantasy Islands probes Chinese, European, and American eco-desire and eco-technological dreams, and examines the solutions they offer to environmental degradation in this age of global economic change. Uncovering the stories of sites in China, including the plan for a new eco-city called Dongtan on the island of Chongming, mega-suburbs, and the Shanghai World Expo, Julie Sze explores the flows, fears, and fantasies of Pacific Rim politics that shaped them. She charts how climate change discussions align with US fears of China's ascendancy and the related demise of the American Century, and she considers the motives of financial and political capital for eco-city and ecological development supported by elite power structures in the UK and China. Fantasy Islands shows how ineffectual these efforts are while challenging us to see what a true eco-city would be.

S20/0500 --- S10/0251 --- S03/0630 --- China: Agriculture forestry, fishery, natural disasters--Environmental policy, pollution --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--General works and economic history: since 1989 --- China: Geography, description and travel--Cities (incl. concessions) --- Urban ecology (Sociology) --- Sustainable development --- Urban renewal --- Cities and towns --- Urban ecology --- Urban environment --- Social ecology --- Sociology, Urban --- Model cities --- Renewal, Urban --- Urban redevelopment --- Urban renewal projects --- City planning --- Land use, Urban --- Urban policy --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Environmental aspects --- Chongming Qu (Shanghai, China) --- 崇明区 (Shanghai, China) --- Shanghai Shi Jinshan Qu (China) --- Chongming (Shanghai, China) --- Human ecology. Social biology --- Economic geography --- Shanghai --- United States --- asian history. --- china. --- chinese government. --- climate change. --- climate. --- diplomacy. --- dongtan. --- eco city. --- eco desire. --- eco technology. --- ecocritical cultural studies. --- ecological development. --- elite power. --- environment. --- environmental degradation. --- environmental studies. --- europe. --- financial capital. --- global economic change. --- global warming. --- globalization. --- international power. --- leading global factory. --- national power. --- pacific rim politics. --- phenomenon. --- political capital. --- politics. --- sociology. --- technology. --- united states of america. --- urban planning. --- world. --- United States of America