Marijn Nieuwenhuis, from the University of Warwick's Department of Politics and International Studies, and contributing author to the book "Shanghai New Towns, " explained that the city's boom began in the early 1990s with the construction of the Pudong commercial district.

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Mr. Liow is a professor of comparative and international politics and associate dean at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore.

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He is Dean of Graduate Studies and former Head of the University's Department of International Politics.

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