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The Changing Face Of China: Chinese Women And Their Awakening Culture, Celia Ella Thornton Corrad
The Changing Face Of China: Chinese Women And Their Awakening Culture, Celia Ella Thornton Corrad
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The Changing Face of China: Chinese Women and Their Awakening Culture
Village Elections And Their Impact: An Investigative Report Of A Northern Chinese Village, Yusheng Yao
Village Elections And Their Impact: An Investigative Report Of A Northern Chinese Village, Yusheng Yao
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This article examines a series of four direct elections and their impact in a poorly governed Chinese village near Beijing. Based on the problems exposed in the elections and governance, it identifies the main contradiction in the village to be that of economic justice between villagers on one side, and the old and elected officials, and village toughs and predatory entrepreneurs, on the other. It illustrates the dynamics of politics in the village, in particular factionalism, since the beginning of direct elections and the rise of village toughs and predatory entrepreneurs in recent years and the damaging effect of the …