HIS 9A Lecture 17: Week 11 Lecture 2 Notes
Document Summary
Initially fantastic growth in agricultural sector: but also re-emergence of gender inequalities in countryside (temporary) lessening of urban-rural disparity. June4, 1989 aftermath: resurgence of political study, restriction of intellectuals (though much harder on workers, student movement abroad collapses, cynicism at home focus on getting ahead. China in the 1990s: (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1012)(cid:1004) (cid:862)market shift(cid:863) to (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1013)(cid:1004)s (cid:862)glo(cid:271)al hift(cid:863) 1990s: agricultural gains level out, agri(cid:272)ultural se(cid:272)tor gradually (cid:862)fe(cid:373)i(cid:374)ized(cid:863, dramatic increase in rural-urban migration, urban standards of living decline somewhat. 1997 deng xiaoping dies: hongkong returns to china, (cid:862)o(cid:374)e (cid:272)ou(cid:374)try, t(cid:449)o syste(cid:373)s(cid:863) Less and less land and labor in agriculture: railroad expansion, highway expansion, continuing/increasing migration, rural leadership/community breaks down, dismantling of socialist states supports, provision of housing ends, unprofitable state factories closed, changing social attitudes. Interest in getting rich: but also re-e(cid:373)erge(cid:374)(cid:272)e of (cid:862)feudal(cid:863) (cid:894)ie. , traditio(cid:374)al(cid:895) so(cid:272)ial pra(cid:272)ti(cid:272)es, popular religion, lineage organization, extravagant traditional weddings, co(cid:373)i(cid:374)g of age of (cid:862)little e(cid:373)perors(cid:863) Limited relaxation and now ending of one child policy.
