Focusing on the complexities of contemporary Chinese intellectuals, the book categorizes them into organic, critical, and unattached groups, each facing unique challenges and ethical dilemmas. Through a historical-comparative lens and enriched with demographic insights and interviews, it explores their adaptations and influences on political, economic, and social changes in modern China. The study highlights the interplay between traditional values and modern demands, offering a nuanced understanding of their roles in a rapidly evolving society.
Since 1978, the opening up and reform in China has brought tremendous economic and social changes. While China’s economic progress has been commendable, the social problems that go with economic changes have raised serious concerns. Some of those concerns are related to gender, ethnic, labor, and environmental issues. This book is about what has happened in these arenas in China since the opening up and reform in 1978. The study of gender, ethnicity, labor, and environment touches on some of the fundamental problems of modernization, especially the development of individuals and groups. So even though gender, ethnicity, labor, and environment seem to be separate issues, they are in fact related in some fundamental ways. That’s what this book will explore as well. To understand is one thing and to do is another. This book also incorporates studies of NGO practices to see how NGOs have helped in transforming gender, ethnic, labor, and environment interplay. Our study of NGOs in helping improve such interplay sheds light on how specifically civil society can prod the state to transform social relations for the better. This book is an attempt to assess the changes, both positive and negative, in gender, ethnic, ethnic, and environmental relations in China especially in the past 30 years of opening up and reform, especially regarding national identity formation.
"Social Issues in China," edited by Zhidong Hao and Sheying Chen, explores China's persistent social challenges, including gender inequities, ethnic conflict, labor disputes, and environmental decline, alongside recent movements for social justice. The book analyzes public policy and participation, highlighting the potential for transformative change in China's political, social, and cultural landscape.
