Prologue Towards Ideal Living Social Housing in China: An Ongoing Experiment in Balancing Efficiency and Justice Conversation between MA Yansong and JIANG Jun Chinese Residential Photography I. Residential Development in China, Social and Spatial Theory China’s Housing: The Dilution and Reformation of Collectiveness The Origins and Development of China’s Housing Security System How to Get out of the Dilemma of the Real Estate Market Spatial Archetypes and Evolution of Chinese Social Housing (1950s–1970s) Rental Living as an Architecture II. The Case for Con­temporary Social Housing in China Baiziwan Social Housing Longnan Garden Social Housing Estate Tulou Collective Housing III. From China’s to Global Practices Global Residential Timeline The Development of Public Housing in Hong Kong From the Perspective of Policy Evolution Development of Social Housing in Japan and Collaboration with Architects Social Housing in Russia Social Housing in France: A Brief History Social Housing in South Africa Social Housing in Latin America About Living IV. New Residential Manifesto Constellation: What’s Your Ideal Living?