This book provides a detailed historical and design analysis of the development of parks and modern landscape architecture in late 20th century China. It questions whether the fusion of international influences with the local Chinese design vocabulary in late 20th century China has created a distinctive approach to public park design that is novel. And, if so, how has this taken place, and what does it mean for landscape architecture and urbanism in China? It does so by examining the design of public parks built in post-Mao China since the reforms through a new theory - hybrid modernization -...