Cross-border communities

Author: Xiang Biao
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Publish Date: 2000-08-01
Features: Utilizing his hometown connections, the author conducts an in-depth study of the "Zhejiang Village," located at the urban-rural interface of Beijing, fully understanding its formation, structure, operation, and transformation. With extensive first-hand materials, he describes the interactions between "Zhejiang Village" and surrounding villages, government departments, and large and medium-sized state-owned commercial enterprises. He analyzes the crises and challenges faced by all parties amid profound and significant social changes, as well as their coping strategies. The book features original material, rich content, a unique perspective, and addresses issues that are both deep and broad, making it a remarkable work that touches upon the profound transformations in Chinese society and people's psychology during the first two decades of China's reform and opening-up. The book depicts the interactions between "Zhejiang Village" and surrounding villages, government departments, and large and medium-sized state-owned commercial enterprises, analyzing the crises and challenges faced by all parties amid profound and significant social changes, as well as their coping strategies.