Chronicles of Ash Village - The Game Between Grassroots Livelihoods and Unwritten Rules

Author: Zhu Ling
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: The rise and fall of an old branch secretary who ruled for seventeen years, the helplessness of an energetic elected material director; the choices of villagers who fluctuate in their support, the awkwardness of local officials who are sometimes soft and sometimes hard; the confusion of a village that was originally peaceful and composed, a series of events that shocked academia and the higher authorities; a vivid history in progress, an intriguing grassroots democracy phenomenon.