Uneasy Streets
How Chinese Money Is Remaking Urban Britain
$55.17
- Hardcover
264 pages
- Release Date
17 September 2026
Summary
Ghost neighbourhoods, trainless railways, empty offices - a bottom-up look at China’s footprint in British cities.
At the high tide of UK-China relations, Chinese investors pumped billions into British property and projects each year, promising urban renewal and economic prosperity. But as political tides turned in both countries, the money dried up. A decade on, we live in the ruins of this ‘golden era’.
Caroline Knowles explores China’s global influence from the bottom up. F…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781805265627 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1805265628 |
| Author: | Caroline Knowles |
| Publisher: | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Release Date: | 17 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 138mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
‘In a field often dominated by theoretical discussions about grand geopolitics, this book offers a jolt of reality from ground level. Knowles asks pertinent questions about China, reminding us that even in the transnational age, all politics is local.’
– Martin Thorley, author of All That Glistens: Chinese Party-State Influence in Britain‘A rich, ground-level account of how global Chinese investment is lived and felt within UK urban neighbourhoods. Through captivating narratives about everyday encounters, partial developments, uneven transformations and unrealised futures it renders abstract geopolitical processes tangible.’
– Anna Lora-Wainwright, Professor of the Human Geography of China, University of Oxford, and author of China: The BasicsAbout The Author
Caroline Knowles
Caroline Knowles is an urban explorer and ethnographer who writes about the built and human infrastructures of city streets. She is best known for Serious Money: Walking Plutocratic London and Flip-Flop: A Journey Through Globalisation’s Backroads. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, The i Paper and other publications.
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