This article critically assesses Harvey's ‘spatial fix' thesis through systematically comparing the spatial patterns and dynamics of three key regions of China's information and communication industry. The divergent territorialization is analyzed by broadening the concepts of global pipelines...

[This paper critically assesses Harvey's “spatial fix” thesis through systematically comparing the spatial patterns and dynamics of three key regions of China's information and communication industry (ICT). The divergent territorialization is analyzed by broadening the concepts of global...

It is found that patents in China are highly clustered in two groups of provinces: one is the economically fast growing coastal provinces, and the other is inland provinces with large bases of populations, while degree of spatial concentration of patents is declining over time. It is also...