Data for: The spatial production of simulacrascape in urban China: economic function, local identity and cultural authenticity

Following the paradigm of architectural anthropology, we have collected abundant qualitative data including interview data, urban policy documents and online media data through interview, participative observation in fieldworks as well as web-crawling technique; then these data have been processed by discourse analysis. The qualitative data contain three parts: 1) First-hand data acquired by semi-structural interviews and participative observations in fieldwork. Please be noted that our first-hand qualitative data obtained by interviews are confidential and cannot be disclosed due to the non-disclosure agreement. We will disclose the guideline of interview. 2) Second-hand data including 11 local urban policies and planning documents (3 of them are internal document); 3) Online media data acquired by web-crawling technique form major Chinese online media platforms, including both official and private media coverage.

本研究遵循建筑人类学（architectural anthropology）的研究范式，通过实地访谈、参与式田野观察及网络爬虫技术，采集了包含访谈资料、城市政策文件与网络媒体数据在内的丰富质性数据，并采用话语分析法对上述数据开展处理与分析。本研究所涉及的质性数据共分为三部分：1. 一手质性数据：通过半结构化访谈与田野参与式观察获取。需特别说明的是，本研究通过访谈获取的一手质性数据受保密协议约束，无法对外公开，仅可公开访谈提纲。2. 二手质性数据：包含11份地方城市政策与规划文件，其中3份为内部文件；3. 网络媒体数据：通过网络爬虫技术从国内主流网络媒体平台采集，涵盖官方媒体与民营媒体的报道内容。