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Sons or Daughters? Who Are Caring for Aging Parents: A Gender Comparative Study of Chinese Family#br# XU Qi Chinese Journal of Sociology    2015, 35 (4): 199-.   Abstract （3666）   HTML    PDF（pc） （817KB）（9344）       Knowledge map    Save The traditional Chinese family has long been characterized as patriarchal, patrilineal, and patrilocal, placing women at a severe social disadvantage in relation to men. Under such a system, sons were permanent members of the natal family and were expected to live with parents after marriage and contribute to their economic wellbeing. In contrast, daughters were temporary members of the natal family. Upon marriage, a woman was expected to serve her husband's extended family and bore no filial obligation to her own parents. Nevertheless, in recent years some studies have found that the tradition of sons as the sole provider for aging parents has undergone significant changes in contemporary China. To further investigate this issue, our study examines two aspects of intergenerational support: financial support and aging care, and highlights the gender difference between sons and daughters in this regard. Taking into consideration of the commonly practiced patrilocal living arrangement in China, we separate the gender difference between sons and daughters in care behaviors from the gender difference caused by living arrangement. The gender comparison data in this study is drawn from within the same family. China Family Panel Study (2010) provides the database for our analysis. Our finding indicates that sons still play a significantly greater role than daughters in providing support for their aging parents, however, this is only largely due to the fact that sons are most likely to live with or live in close proximity to their parents. If the variable of living arrangement is included, sons play a leading role in providing financial support but lag behind daughters in providing aging care. Discrepancy also exists between rural and urban families. While in rural China, it is still true that “sons give money and daughters provide care”; in cities, daughters have already outperformed sons in both aspects of financial support and aging care. Therefore, even though the Chinese tradition of relying on sons as the core provider of intergenerational support is still alive, significant changes have already occurred. Our study suggests that the rapid demographic transition and the improvement of socioeconomic status of women are the two primary contributors to such changes. Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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“Folk Society” and Beyond: A Comparative Study of Fei Xiaotong and Robert Redfield’s Works on Civilization Studies#br# ZHANG Jianghua Chinese Journal of Sociology    2015, 35 (4): 134-.   Abstract （2069）   HTML    PDF（pc） （770KB）（9218）       Knowledge map    Save In between the late 1920s and the early 1950s, anthropology in the West expanded its research from the traditional focus on primitive tribes to civilized societies. Fei Xiaotong and Robert Redfield were two important anthropologists who spearheaded this transition. This paper offers a historical account of their contribution as well as an academic comparative review of their works. The convergence and divergence of Fei and Redfield’s academic life can be summarized in four points: (1) their unique academic background coincidentally led to both men’s engagement in studies of “folk society” during the 1930s, when anthropology and sociology were experiencing a trend of blending with each other; (2) after the 1940s, Fei and Redfield became acquainted and remained very close colleagues throughout their life time. Their friendship and collaboration were extremely beneficial to the academic career of both men; (3) in terms of methodology, Fei was more keen in pattern analysis and comparative studies, by which he believed an understanding of the whole society could be reached. Redfield was more interested in concepts and conceptual frameworks. His FolkUrban Continuum, used to explain the problems of community diversity and cultural changes, was a typical example; (4) even though they favored different methodology, Fei and Redfield both suggested a unified society on a rural and urban integrated structure. Fei and Redfield represented a parallel development of studies of civilizations in China and in the West, each with their own uniqueness and differences. Fei, like other Chinese social scientists of the time, lived through a painful period of national crisis and humiliation during his intellectual awakening. This historical burden colored the way he perceived the world and put certain strains on his knowledge. Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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Longstanding Cultural Impact on Population Migration in Chinese History#br# LI Nan Chinese Journal of Sociology    2015, 35 (4): 159-.   Abstract （2051）   HTML    PDF（pc） （592KB）（7554）       Knowledge map    Save Although social scientists and practitioners have long agreed that culture is an important determinant in the migration of populations, so far there has been no study, which provides empirical evidence of a causal relationship between culture and migration. Two things may have contributed to the lacking of empirical research on the subject. Culture is both a tangle and intangible concept, for which testable measures are difficult to design. Also, cultural change are incremental and subtle, and occur over a huge time. This makes it almost impossible to collect consistent historical data. In an attempt to overcome these shortcomings, this paper examines the impact of long term cultural change on interregional population migration by using generic distance from surnames as a measurable variable for cultural variation. The author compiled a database of the historical migration data in the last 1000 years. The finding indicates that the higher the cultural variation, the lower the migration activities. In other words, homogeneity of culture encourages migration while differences of cultures discourage migration. This finding stands the test of controlling variables such as socioeconomic and geographic elements. This study has established solid empirical evidence on the casual relation between culture and migration. Furthermore it contributes to the understanding of the characteristics and determinants of Chinese internal migration since the tenth century. Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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ZHANG Peiguo Chinese Journal of Sociology    2006, 26 (4): 128-144.   Abstract （950）      PDF（pc） （706KB）（6656）       Knowledge map    Save Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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Project System and Its Impact on Relationship between Different Levels of Government CHEN Jiajian ZHANG Qiongwen HU Yu Chinese Journal of Sociology    2015, 35 (5): 1-24.   Abstract （1895）   HTML    PDF（pc） （2542KB）（5648）       Knowledge map    Save  In recent years， project initiatives became an important administrative vehicle of the Chinese state governance.Existing literature speculate without documented empirical data that the system has increased the control of higher level authorities over their subordinates，affecting the lower level governments’ ability for overall coordination.To verify such claims this study examines a central government sponsored project of microlending program for women in Sichuan province. The finding indicates that although the project system provides opportunities for more higher level government control，it also allows lower level governments more bargaining power as counter weight. Unlike the institutionalized administrative contract system，in which rights and responsibilities are fixed，the project system permits negotiation on a projecttoproject base，allowing lower level governments to extract terms beneficial to local interests. Therefore，it is not just a topdown one way control. It is a twoway fluid relationship that is constantly in negotiation， clarification and formalization. In our view，the project system has forced local governments to protect local interest by focusing on clarification of rules and regulations，and formalization of rights and responsibilities. This began to have a farreaching effect on local governance，as well as the relationship between different levels of governments， and between state and society. Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0） Cited: Baidu(9)

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LI Peilin Chinese Journal of Sociology    2005, 25 (1): 7-27.   Abstract （1607）      PDF（pc） （645KB）（4415）       Knowledge map    Save Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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Administrative Subcontract ZHOU Li-An Chinese Journal of Sociology    2014, 34 (6): 1-38.   Abstract （13775）      PDF（pc） （1019KB）（4171）       Knowledge map    Save Abstract： This paper attempts to demonstrate the significance, relevance and implications of “administrative subcontract” as an analytical framework to understand China’s intergovernmental relations, bureaucratic incentives, and administrative governance. As an ideal type, administrative subcontract refers to a subcontracting relation inside the government system, represent a hybrid governance structure between bureaucracy in a Weberian sense and pure subcontract which occurs among independent entities without any hierarchical relations. Administrative subcontract exhibits a coherent and consistent set of characteristics along the dimensions of authority relations, economic incentives, and internal control. With respect to authority relations, administrative subcontract features an allocation of authority between the principal and agent where the principal has the formal authority and residual control rights (such as the authority to appoint/remove, supervise and monitor subcontractors and the option to intervene when necessary), and the agent, by way of subcontracting, enjoys considerable discretion and de facto power to do things in his own way. Under the administrative subcontract regime, the agent is a residual claimant over the budget money or revenues either collected through serviceprovision or allocated by the principal. In terms of internal control, the administrative subcontract is outcomeoriented rather than procedure/processoriented. I argue that these three dimensions are complementary and mutually supportive, and tend to commove if the system encounters systematic shocks. This new framework helps us pin down the key and durable features of China’s intergovernmental relations and administrative governance. The notion of administrative subcontract enables us to reinterpret many puzzling observations and patterns regarding the workings of China’s government system and to bring some important and yet long understudied issues to our attention. I will also combine the theory of administrative subcontract with that of political tournaments to extend our analysis of China’s political incentives and governance. From the viewpoint of vertical subcontracting and horizontal (political) competition inside the government system, I attempt to explain the strength and weakness of China’s state capacity in various areas of public services.  Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0） Cited: Baidu(61)

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A Theory of Social Performance:Modeling Cultural Pragmatics between Ritual and Strategy Jeffrey Charles Alexander Chinese Journal of Sociology    2015, 35 (4): 1-.   Abstract （1603）   HTML    PDF（pc） （1788KB）（3729）       Knowledge map    Save Abstract： From its very beginnings, the social study of culture has been polarized between structuralist theories that treat meaning as a text and investigate the patterning that provides relative autonomy and pragmatist theories that treat meaning as emerging from the contingencies of individual and collective action—socalled practices—and that analyze cultural patterns as reflections of power and material interest. In this article, I present a theory of cultural pragmatics that transcends this division, bringing meaning structures, contingency, power, and materiality together in a new way. My argument is that the materiality of practices should be replaced by the more multidimensional concept of performances. Drawing on the new field of performance studies, cultural pragmatics demonstrates how social performances, whether individual or collective, can be analogized systematically to theatrical ones. After defining the elements of social performance, I suggest that these elements have become “defused” as societies have become more complex. Performances are successful only insofar as they can “refuse” these increasingly disentangled elements. In a fused performance, audiences identify with actors, and cultural scripts achieve verisimilitude through effective miseenscène. Performances fail when this relinking process is incomplete: the elements of performance remain apart, and social action seems inauthentic and artificial, failing to persuade. Refusion, by contrast, allows actors to communicate the meanings of their actions successfully and thus to pursue their interests effectively. Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0） Cited: Baidu(1)

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Between “Officials” and “Local Staff”: The Logic of the Empire and Personnel Management in the Chinese Bureaucracy ZHOU Xueguang Chinese Journal of Sociology    2016, 36 (1): 1-33.   Abstract （3411）   HTML    PDF（pc） （1505KB）（3689）       Knowledge map    Save This article contrasts and examines two distinct modes of personnel management practices in the Chinese bureaucracy: (1) the historical pattern of the separation of officials and local staff (官吏分途); and (2) the contemporary pattern of stratified mobility (层级分流) among officials across levels of administrative jurisdictions. I argue that these two patterns, albeit distinct, have been rooted in the same institutional logic of governance in China, which are discussed and explicated in light of the “the Logic of the Chinese Empire” (Zhou 2014), especially in terms of the principal-agent problems associated with the scale of governance, the complementary role of formal and informal institutions, and the shift between symbolic vs. substantive authority in central-local government relationships. This article began with the observation that, in Chinese history, there was a sharp separation of officials (“guan”) and local staff (“li”) in personnel flows in the government bureaucracy. That is, officials were directly allocated across administrative jurisdictions nationwide by the central government, whereas “local staff” was recruited locally and they stayed within the same administrative jurisdiction for life. This long-standing practice generated a huge divide between these two groups, with distinct career paths, incentives, and bases of interest articulation. In contrast, a different pattern of personnel management practice—the pattern of stratified mobility—has emerged in the Chinese bureaucracy in the People's Republic. All cadres are treated as agents of the state. But, most officials tend to stay within their administrative jurisdictions for their entire careers and only a small group of top officials from selected offices and bureaus are able to move to the immediate higher-level administrative jurisdiction and, hence, enjoy a broader scope of mobility in the higher-level jurisdiction. One implication of this pattern is that dense social networks emerge horizontally within administrative jurisdictions and vertically across immediate administrative levels. Another implication is that officials at each level of the bureaucracy acquire the double identity as “officials” serving as the agents of the state and, at the same time, as the “local staff” who form alliance with local interests. These arguments are illustrated using the empirical data for personnel mobility in the Chinese bureaucracy in two prefectures in Jiangsu Province, from 1990 to 2008. This article concludes with a discussion on the implications of personnel management practices for China's governance. These practices and the resulting mobility patterns have provided stable institutional bases for central-local government relationships, and they have set limits to the downward reach of the state and the upward reach of local interests, and helped shape distinctive institutional practice in governing China. Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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Determinants of the Age of First Marriage: A Study Based on CGSS2006 WANG Peng | WU Yuxiao Chinese Journal of Sociology    2013, 33 (3): 89-110.   Abstract （4547）      PDF（pc） （1125KB）（3674）       Knowledge map    Save With the data from “2006 Chinese Social Survey”(CGSS2006),this paper investigates the change trend in the age of first marriage and its socioeconomic origins using the event history analysis model. Education, occupation and family socioeconomic status are found to be significantly related to the age of first marriage, with considerable differences between men and women, and between urban and rural residential registration. First, higher education, in general, is associated with later marriage; more so for women than for men, with this effect being the strongest for the women in the rural areas. Second, among the men who have rural registration (hukou), those in professional occupations marry earlier than those with nonskilled, non managerial jobs. Third, in the urban population, the higher the parents’ education attainment is, the later their children get married for the first time but the number of siblings correlates with an earlier marriage. Lastly, regardless of hukou location (urban or rural), father’s managerial position, in contrast to having a skilled job, is associated with his child’s earlier marriage. Father’s managerial position is associated with his son’s younger age of first marriage, especially so if their hukou is in the rural areas. Taken together, these findings answer to the marriage hypothesis from the modernization theory, that is, an individual’s education, occupation and family socioeconomic status all significantly affect the age of first marriage; but in the rural areas where traditional characteristics are more prominent, existing differences in fathers’ occupations have a more substantial impact on their children’s age of first marriage. Therefore, age of first marriage is not only a matter of an individual’s choice, but also closely relates to macrolevel factors such as social stratification, the hukou system, and the urbanrural structure. Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0） Cited: Baidu(9)

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Market， Institution and Network： Three Explanatory Paradigms of Industrial Development Liang Bo；Wang Haiying Chinese Journal of Sociology    2010, 30 (6): 90-117.   Abstract （2693）      PDF（pc） （1504KB）（3405）       Knowledge map    Save Industrial development has been an important issue in social science research． Three explanatory paradigms on this topic have emerged from the existing theories． They are the marketism paradigm represented by the neoclassic industry theories； the institutionalism paradigm represented by the historical institutionalism school and the organizational institutionalism school in economic sociology； and the networkism paradigm represented by the theories of networks and social capital． These theoretical paradigms take market mechanism， institution， policies in the industry， industrial networks， and social capital as the core explanatory factors for industrial development． Accordingly， in some sense， these paradigms have a transparent inclination of “marketdeterminism”， “institutiondeterminism”， and “networkdeterminism”， respectively． Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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LI Qiang Chinese Journal of Sociology    2005, 25 (1): 28-42.   Abstract （1236）      PDF（pc） （466KB）（3385）       Knowledge map    Save Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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The Endogeneity Problem in Quantitative Analysis： A Review of Estimating Causal Effects of Social Interaction Chen Yunsong , Fan Xiaoguang Chinese Journal of Sociology    2010, 30 (4): 91-117.   Abstract （5987）      PDF（pc） （1671KB）（3310）       Knowledge map    Save  Causeeffect relationships are the core area in sociological analysis． However， sociological analysis based on survey data is confronted by the endogeneity problem which plagues causal inferences． Many existing studies aiming at providing explanations for social phenomena either merely describes the statistical associations among variables or arrives at problematic causal conclusions． Focusing on the social interaction studies， this paper addresses the major sources of potential endogeneity biases， namely， the omitted variable bias， selfselection bias ， sampleselection bias and the simultaneity bias． Useful model identification strategies for correcting these problems are reviewed． Based on CGSS2003， this paper also discusses how to partially correct for the endogeneity problem through augmenting the volume of survey data． Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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YANG Zhigang Chinese Journal of Sociology    2006, 26 (1): 23-35.   Abstract （1438）      PDF（pc） （578KB）（3139）       Knowledge map    Save Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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A Theory of Social Performance: Modeling Cultural Pragmatics between Ritual and Strategy Jeffrey Charles Alexander Chinese Journal of Sociology    2015, 35 (3): 1-36.   Abstract （2073）   HTML    PDF（pc） （1209KB）（3086）       Knowledge map    Save From its very beginnings, the social study of culture has been polarized between structuralist theories that treat meaning as a text and investigate the patterning that provides relative autonomy and pragmatist theories that treat meaning as emerging from the contingencies of individual and collective action—socalled practices—and that analyze cultural patterns as reflections of power and material interest. In this article, I present a theory of cultural pragmatics that transcends this division, bringing meaning structures, contingency, power, and materiality together in a new way. My argument is that the materiality of practices should be replaced by the more multidimensional concept of performances. Drawing on the new field of performance studies, cultural pragmatics demonstrates how social performances, whether individual or collective, can be analogized systematically to theatrical ones. After defining the elements of social performance, I suggest that these elements have become “defused” as societies have become more complex. Performances are successful only insofar as they can “refuse” these increasingly disentangled elements. In a fused performance, audiences identify with actors, and cultural scripts achieve verisimilitude through effective miseenscène. Performances fail when this relinking process is incomplete: the elements of performance remain apart, and social action seems inauthentic and artificial, failing to persuade. Refusion, by contrast, allows actors to communicate the meanings of their actions successfully and thus to pursue their interests effectively. Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0） Cited: Baidu(1)

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Back to Historical Views, Reconstructing the Imagination of Sociology: New Tradition of Classical and Historical Studies in Modern Chinese Transformation QU Jingdong Chinese Journal of Sociology    2015, 35 (1): 1-25.   Abstract （2144）   HTML    PDF（pc） （871KB）（3063）       Knowledge map    Save Historical perspectives are the way to reconstruct the imagination of sociology, as classical sociologists did. There are many historical dimensions in Karl Marx’s social studies: dialectical analysis on history of nature; structural perspective on prehistory of the present and history of the present; reconstructed narratives of historical events; and finally, evolution of family, ownership, state, and social formations. In the same sense, in order to understand the reality of Chinese sociey, we’d better examine the transformation of modern Chinese social thoughts and their contexts. By reinterpreting theory of the Three Eras from classics Spring and Autumn Annals, Kang Youwei proposed that the establishment of the Idea of Cosmos Unity as the universal value for world history and the building of Confucius Religion for cultivation of mores had resulted in the successful transformation of Chinese society from Era of War to Era of Peace. On the contrary, Zhang Taiyan upheld the tradition of “Six Classics are all Histories”, and pushed forward the academic change from classics to history, which was carried out by Wang Guowei and Chen Yinke. Through the method of synthetical deduction in social sciences, Wang Guowei interpreted classics by history in the work of Institutional Change in Yin and Zhou Dynasty, confirming the original principle of Zhou Regime and Etiquette on basis of patriarchal clan system, and its spirit of law, mores and institutions. On the other hand, Chen Yinke investigated thoroughly the Middle Age of Chinese history from perspective of concourse and interattestation, and outlined a historical landscape of interfusion between Hu and Han nationalities, mixing of various religions, migration of diverse crowds, and integration of different cultures and mores. In short, there are two waves of change of thoughts in Chinese modern transformation, which set up the new tradition of Classical and Historical Studies, and institutional and spiritual sources of social and political construction from then on. Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0） Cited: Baidu(8)

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Lesbian Women’s Marriages and Families： A Challenge to the Traditional Marriage System CHEN Ya-ya Chinese Journal of Sociology    2009, 29 (4): 107-129.   Abstract （4842）      PDF（pc） （886KB）（2933）       Knowledge map    Save Gay marriages have attracted attention in reports and studies in recent years， but there are very few studies of lesbian marriages. Lesbian marriages significantly differ from those among gay men and the two should not be put into the same category. With the method of Internet participation observation， this paper examines the Chinese lesbian women’s marriages and families. The author selected three focal topics in the Internet forums： marriage in form only， extramarital affairs， and parentchild relationships. The analysis was around the reality of the marriagerelated pressures and dilemmas experienced by the lesbians. The reflection was about the limitations of the traditional marriage system and its expulsion of the homosexual partnership. Finally， a proposal was advanced that we should gradually raise people’s awareness so that it would be possible to have the traditional marriage system revised so that all parties involved would enjoy a satisfying identity and life security. Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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Household Division of Housework for DoubleIncome Family: Economic Dependence, Gender Ideologies, or Emotional Express? LIU Aiyu，TONG Xin，FU Wei Chinese Journal of Sociology    2015, 35 (2): 109-136.   Abstract （2318）   HTML    PDF（pc） （1661KB）（2879）       Knowledge map    Save  Based on the analysis of sampling data of Third National Women’s Status Survey in 2010，this paper finds that household division of housework in urban China displays a characteristic of “women do much more than men”.Household division of housework is influenced by the economic dependent relation between the couple，time spent on paid work and gender role attitude，and with quite different mechanisms for male and female.For male，economic independence and success is the best indicator for time spent on housework，with those more dependent economically shouldering much more household work. The influence of gender role attitude on division of housework is significant statistically and independently regardless of other factors.No gender display exists for male.Economic dependency is not the best predictor for female’s housework involvement，and gender role attitude does not work independently as well. The interaction of economic dependency and genderrole attitude on household division displays very complex results for female, and the gender display appeared under such context has quite different patterns and effects.The effects of gender display decrease if women’s genderrole attitude is increasingly toward modern.The gendered division of housework is shaped by the economic status of labor market and social cultural expectation and their interactions as well. Genderrole attitude plays as an intermediate variable between economic dependency and household division.So we give an explanation why household division of housework in China remains women doing more housework than men despite the fact that Chinese female greatly improve their economic situation and pay as much time as male on productive work. Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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CCP’s Local Leader, Organizational Form and Rural Society in the 1920s, Illustrated by Zeng Tianyu and Jiangxi Wan’an Rebellion YING Xing LI Xia Chinese Journal of Sociology    2014, 34 (5): 1-40.   Abstract （1648）      PDF（pc） （1854KB）（2820）       Knowledge map    Save The CCP transplanted the democratic centralism of the Soviet Union Communist Party (Bolshevik) as its own organizational system at its founding days. This system underwent difficult adjustments during the process of Chinese revolution. After the August 7th Meeting in 1927, the CCP started organizing rebellions in rural areas, which incurred severe challenges to  its organizational principles and capabilities. The particularity of armed rebellion made the relationship more complex between local party who organize the rebellion and the upper level of party, as well as between the leader of the local party and the party system. Jiangxi Wan’an rebellion was one of the rebellions organized by the CCP after the August 7th Meeting. Zeng Tianyu, head of the Wan’an rebellion, represented a certain type of local leaders of the CCP in early times. Moreover, the conflicts in the CCP organizational system exposed in the organizing of Wan’an rebellion were also typical in the period of the Agrarian Revolution War. Employing documents, data of organizations, memoirs, chorographies and journals in the field of CCP history, social history and the history of Republic of China, this paper investigates Zeng Tianyu’s life history and ethos, the background and process of Wan’an rebellion, and the effort and failure of the upper level of party which attempted to strengthen the CCP organization in Wan’an. This paper uncovered three kinds of tension in the organization of early CCP. They are (1) tension between the authority of the officials and personal factors, (2) tension between the effectiveness of organizational discipline and the autonomy of local leaders, and (3) tension between the revolution organizing and traditional resources and local interests. These tensions reviewed above can also explain a series of CCP’s organizational events which happened at the same period. Reference | Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）

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“Piaopiao” in the City： The Emergence and Change of Homosexual Identities in Local Chengdu Wei Wei Chinese Journal of Sociology    2007, 27 (1): 67-67.   Abstract （4815）      PDF（pc） （1033KB）（2810）       Knowledge map    Save Changes in the economy and society of contemporary China have contributed to the coming out of homosexual identities and formation of homosexual communities. Based on a field study in Chengdu and from a constructivist perspective， this paper examines three identities among homosexual men in the local contextthe emergence and change of “the wandering （piao piao），” “comrades （tongzhi），” and “gay.” Although these three identity terms are being used interchangeably by the male homosexuals in Chengdu， they imply different cultural references and political connotations. The author argues that the “piao piao” identity serves as a critical linkage between the traditional and modern homosexual identities， whereas the “tongzhi” identity facilitates the shift of homosexual expression from behavior to identity in contemporary China， thus helping the formation and development of homosexual communities. Related Articles | Metrics | Comments（0）