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Chinese Urban Life under Reform

(Cambridge Modern China Series)

By Wenfang Tang, William L. Parish

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| Paperback | 9780521778657

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This book provides a rare glimpse into how the Chinese urban population is experiencing the rapid shift from a planned to a market economy. Using a dozen recent national surveys, the authors give voice to workers, civil servants, intellectuals, and women, who report their grievances and joys at homeContinue

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In this book Tang and Parish take Taiwan as an example of Chinese Urban area to compare with PRC in some chapters. They argue that the hukou system may be the most distinctive feature of urban inequality in PRC. They also introduce the incomplete social security system of urban China and predict tha ... (continue)

In this book Tang and Parish take Taiwan as an example of Chinese Urban area to compare with PRC in some chapters. They argue that the hukou system may be the most distinctive feature of urban inequality in PRC. They also introduce the incomplete social security system of urban China and predict that the civil rights will be improved in the future.

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