Tom Doctoroff: Chinese Society: Racing Forward, Not Cracking Up
Chinese society is racing forward but it is not cracking up or spinning off its axis. The traditional pillars of individual identity - the family and the nation - remain robust.
True, there are stresses - "spiritual pollution" -- that disorient and make people feel "less safe" than ten or twenty years ago. Clans are torn apart by geographic dispersion as sons and daughters, at all socio-economic levels, wander far from hometowns in search of better jobs and higher pay. The almighty renminbi is a new God, sanctified by a government that has forfeited ideological purity to shepherd the masses toward an illusory materialistic high ground.
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