This Week
In the late 1980s the communist leadership declared that it was no longer wrong to seek individual wealth, and permission was granted to certain regions to attract investment and develop market-based economic plans. This change from a traditionally Communist approach to a capitalist one, albeit still within a communist framework, has had a profound effect on Chinese people and their way of life.
In week 9 we will examine the implications for different generations, the undoubted benefits the new approach brings to some, but also the negative consequences for those left out, or left behind.
Lecture: China Today
A look at how contemporary Chinese society, focusing in part on Shanghai and the difference between the generations which is far more pronounced in China than it is here.
Reading
- Getting Rich First Chapters 3 and 6
Viewing
- Shanghai Tales: All About My Friends Documentary looking at life in modern China and the gap between generations. Box of Broadcasts
