Squatting to end domicide? Resisting bulldozer urbanism in contemporary Shanghai

摘要: For millions of Shanghainese on the lower rung society, history great urban transformation in city since 1990s is written with their tears for loss homes, communities and livelihood. In this paper, I argue squatting as a straightforward, effective potentially radical strategy to redress displacees’ suffering, take more active progressive control violent accumulation process challenge hegemonic discourse private homeownership that underpins rapid Shanghai’s landscape. The argument built upon an in-depth study family evicted by World Expo 2010 squatted resettlement apartment. Their framing justice entitlement, embedded local cultural moral universes, not only lends legitimacy but also mobilises popular sympathy, both which are conducive resistance.