Modernity is not only the theme of the world development, but also the main feature of China's development nearly 100 years. It have contributed to the economic development, as well as formed an unstable system of internal city, especially on non-core area of city. The modern process constantly changes the driving force of development, rather than continues as a linear, with different interpretation of the modernity in different periods. On the spatial dimensions, the non-core area reflected different modern characters from core area that have enormous influence and powerful attraction. It changed from the original stable structure to a kind of mosaic state as the collage. With the influence of industrialization and information, the non-core area has always been formed by the changing economic and political power. Important here in this context is that the urban system is viewed not as a static structure, but as a system in flux, characterized by interdependencies and uncertainties about the nature and the direction of change. This creates a doubt that emphasis on the factors what promote the unending changing of Non-core area and made it became a kind of unstable space. To demonstrate the reality of the modernity of non-core city area, we choose one special area of shanghai--Suzhou River area, which has a synchronous development history of Shanghai but has not became the core area still now, to explore the inner force what promote the reform and the reconstruction of here. Under the power and economical influence, the both side of Suzhou River was enveloped by increasing intensity, to meet the need of modernity. This changing have also made this area lost its natural scene bit by bit, like the never stop flow of the river. At the beginning of this paper, we introduce the general features of modernity, which displays the different characteristics on the spatial dimension and temporal process. Then, through the case study of the Suzhou River area, we present a real scene of the modernity in china. It reflected the stable and flowing characteristic of non-core areas which do not have enough developmental potential to prevent the unending change. The history has been divided into three periods, we analyse the background of the politics & economy, main forces and promoters of development, the specificality of spatial character and social situation on each period. Obviously, when we talk about modernity, we should not only pay attention to its present, but also look back upon history and look forward to future.
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