ABSTRACT

This book, written by an interdisciplinary and international team of China scholars, offers an authoritative analysis of contemporary Chinese society, protest and resistance. Topics covered include:
* labour and environmental disputes
* rural and ethnic conflict
* migration
* legal challenges, intellectual and religious dissidence
* opposition to family planning
* suicide.
This topical volume challenges conventional images of contemporary Chinese society, providing a comprehensive resource for both undergraduates and specialists in the field.

chapter |23 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|24 pages

Rights and resistance

chapter 2|25 pages

The revolution of resistance

chapter 3|23 pages

Pathways of labour insurgency

chapter 4|21 pages

Contesting rural spaces

chapter 5|23 pages

To the courts or to the barricades

chapter 9|19 pages

Environmental protests in rural China

chapter 10|26 pages

Alter/native Mongolian identity

chapter 11|23 pages

The new cybersects

chapter 12|18 pages

Chinese Christianity