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luxury developments, quoting a developer that green “is a way to sell real
estate in a competitive market.” 61
Green developments, thus, fl ourish despite their relative failure in the
One City, Nine Towns context. h e persistence of the nature/nation link is
not surprising, given the larger cultural and social anxieties of the Chinese
middle class over the conditions of their own environments. h us, is it
important to understand suburban nature not just as a pale imitation of its
U.S. antecedents, since the real estate development, urban, and national
contexts are radically diff erent. h e relationship between nature and nation
carries particular ideological baggage in the context of the world expo, as we
see in the next chapter.
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