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Hukou and the Urban-Rural Divide Hukou and the Urban-Rural Divide
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Hukou Policy under Mao Hukou Policy under Mao
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Economic Reforms and Inequality Economic Reforms and Inequality
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The Floating Population and Hukou Erosion The Floating Population and Hukou Erosion
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China’s Dagongmei China’s Dagongmei
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Migration Patterns and Employment Migration Patterns and Employment
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Motivations Motivations
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Female Migrants and Suzhi Female Migrants and Suzhi
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China’s Consumer Revolution: From a “Society of Relative Comfort” to a “Harmonious Society” China’s Consumer Revolution: From a “Society of Relative Comfort” to a “Harmonious Society”
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The Construction/Consumption of Femininity in the Post-Mao Era The Construction/Consumption of Femininity in the Post-Mao Era
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Telecommunications Development in the Reform Era Telecommunications Development in the Reform Era
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Early Growth Early Growth
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“Market Socialism” and the “Telecommunications Revolution” “Market Socialism” and the “Telecommunications Revolution”
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The Mobile Revolution The Mobile Revolution
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Mobile Use Mobile Use
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Pricing, Plans, and Prestige Pricing, Plans, and Prestige
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Short Messaging Service, Instant Messaging, and Social Networking Short Messaging Service, Instant Messaging, and Social Networking
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Conclusion Conclusion
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1 Market Reforms, Global Linkages, and (Dis) continuity in Post-Socialist China
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Published:January 2013
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Abstract
This chapter outlines the specific socio-cultural context of contemporary China at the beginning of the 21st century. To set the stage for the rest of the text, the chapter discusses the reforms of the post-Mao period, the history of the urban–rural divide perpetuated by the hukou (household registration system), and the phenomenon of rural-to-urban migration. Though in the mid-1980s rural peasants had engaged in non-farm work, particularly in township and village enterprises (TVEs) as the urban-and eastern-centered economic reforms progressed and as the old apparatuses of state control were broken down, more and more rural residents were compelled to “leave the land.” The chapter emphasizes how shifting ideologies related to gender, class, and place play a pivotal role in shaping rural women's experience, during both the Mao-era planned economy and China's reform-era embrace of markets and global capitalism.
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