https:\/\/search.informit.org\/doi\/abs\/10.3316\/informit.T2025103000004901863070988<\/a><\/p>\n\nAbstract<\/p>\n\n
This essay brings an interdisciplinary cultural studies approach to the study of Shenzhen as a ‘core engine’ city in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA). Through archival research, ethnographic fieldwork, and textual analysis, I examine the tensions and contradictions that have informed and emerged from the recent formation of the low-altitude economy, which aims to transform the airspace below 3,000 metres into a digitised and value-generative economic resource.<\/p>\n\n
By probing the central role played by drones in this discursive and imaginary formation, I explore how technological agents carve out future scenarios for Shenzhen, the GBA, and the nation. Conceptualising Shenzhen as a media-infrastructure complex, I argue, is helpful in illuminating the multidimensional reconfiguration of Shenzhen as a ‘City in the Sky’ through vertical, aerial, digital, and more-than-human means.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Author: Fan Yang Source: Made in China Journal Link: https:\/\/search.informit.org\/doi\/abs\/10.3316\/informit.T2025103000004901863070988<\/a> Abstract This essay brings an interdisciplinary cultural studies approach to the study of Shenzhen as a ‘core engine’ city in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA). Through archival research, ethnographic fieldwork, and textual analysis, I examine the tensions and contradictions that have informed and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145170531,"featured_media":6534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[776957933],"tags":[776958223,776958225,776958076,776958128],"class_list":["post-7518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category--en","tag-drone","tag-media-infrastructure","tag-newsroom","tag-urban-studies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/typesetter.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/article.png?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pai6UY-1Xg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7513,"url":"https:\/\/typesetter.hk\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/article-preliminary-study-of-drone-delivery-systems-in-hong-kong\/","url_meta":{"origin":7518,"position":0},"title":"[Article] Preliminary Study of Drone Delivery Systems in Hong Kong","author":"\u624b\u6c11\u51fa\u7248\u793e","date":"05\/01\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Author: Yuk-Ting Chow, Wong Chi Yat and Yui-yip Lau Source: Artificial Intelligence and Communication Technologies Link: https:\/\/www.publications.scrs.in\/chapter\/978-81-955020-5-9\/30 Abstract The rise of drone delivery systems is due to the wave of industry 4.0. 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