Abstract: China is now undergoing drastic social transformation, and there are many kinds of conflicts all the time and present everywhere in Chinese society. That being the case, how to achieve a fruitful interaction between different cultures (Western and Chinese) against a background of globalization is an important issue to be addressed. When we look at contemporary Chinese society, corruption, the huge gap between the rich and the poor, moral decay, pathogenic factors within society, and anomie all pose challenges to the new reforms China is trying to undertake. How can China move beyond the pattern of reforms of the past and develop institutional arrangements that will effectively stop the rampant corruption? How can the pattern of government functioning be thoroughly transformed so that the power exercised by government officials will be constrained institutionally? How can the hurried and pressurized existence generally felt by people be altered to give people more freedom? How is it possible to help the people develop decent and graceful behavior and modes of consumption? Doubtlessly, proper handling of these conflicts and contradictions is likely to help generate new forces to propel the continuous progress of Chinese society.
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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