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The book, Collective Killings in Rural China during the Cultural Revolution, was originally published in 2011 by the Cambridge University Press. [1] By studying over 1,500 official county gazetteers as well as other unpublished investigative reports and his own interviews with villagers, Su Yang (based in UC Irvine [6]) systematically recorded and analyzed in his book the collective killings ...
Rural society in the People's Republic of China encompasses less than half of China's population (roughly 45%) and has a varied range of standard of living and means of living. Life in rural China differs from that of urban China. In southern and coastal China, rural areas are developing and, in some cases, statistically approaching urban ...
The obstacles to educating a large rural population have been recognised as one of the largest challenges facing the reform-era Chinese government. [3] In 1986, the Chinese government legislated compulsory elementary and middle school attendance. Yet among rural ethnic villagers, work is seen as a more reliable step towards upward mobility. [3]
The people's commune (Chinese: 人民公社; pinyin: rénmín gōngshè) was the highest of three administrative levels in rural areas of the People's Republic of China during the period from 1958 to 1983, until they were replaced by townships. Communes, the largest collective units, were divided in turn into production brigades and production ...
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From the Soil (simplified Chinese: 乡土中国; traditional Chinese: 鄉土中國; pinyin: Xiāngtǔ zhōngguó), [1] first published in 1947, [2] is a work by Fei Xiaotong, a Chinese sociologist and anthropologist. The book is a compilation of the author's lecture notes and a series of essays he wrote for Chinese journal Shiji Pinglun.
Villages (Chinese: 村; pinyin: Cūn), formally village-level divisions (村级行政区; Cūn Jí Xíngzhèngqū) in China, serve as a fundamental organizational unit for its rural population (census, mail system). Basic local divisions like neighborhoods and communities are not informal, but have defined boundaries and designated heads (one ...
In total, approximately 17 million youth were sent to rural areas as a result of the movement. [1] Usually only the oldest child had to go, but younger siblings could volunteer to go instead. Chairman Mao's policy differed from Chinese President Liu Shaoqi 's early 1960s sending-down policy in its political context.