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This book investigates the changing opportunities in higher
education for different social groups during China's transition
from the socialist regime to a market economy. The first part of
the book provides a historical and comparative analysis of the
development of the idea of meritocracy, since its early origins in
China, and in more recent western thought. The second part then
explores higher education reforms in China, the part played by
supposedly meritocratic forms of selection, and the implications of
these for social mobility. Based on original empirical data, Ye Liu
sheds light on the socio-economic, gender and geographical
inequalities behind the meritocratic facade of the Gaokao ( ). Liu
argues that the Chinese philosophical belief in education-based
meritocracy had a modern makeover in the Gaokao, and that this
ideology induces working-class and rural students to believe in
upward social mobility through higher education. When the Gaokao
broke the promise of status improvement for rural students, they
turned to the Chinese Communist Party and sought political
connections by actively applying for its membership. This book
reveals a bleak picture of visible and invisible inequality in
terms of access to and participation in higher education in
contemporary China. Written in an accessible style, it offers a
valuable resource for researchers and non-specialist readers alike.
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This book investigates the changing opportunities in higher
education for different social groups during China's transition
from the socialist regime to a market economy. The first part of
the book provides a historical and comparative analysis of the
development of the idea of meritocracy, since its early origins in
China, and in more recent western thought. The second part then
explores higher education reforms in China, the part played by
supposedly meritocratic forms of selection, and the implications of
these for social mobility. Based on original empirical data, Ye Liu
sheds light on the socio-economic, gender and geographical
inequalities behind the meritocratic facade of the Gaokao ( ). Liu
argues that the Chinese philosophical belief in education-based
meritocracy had a modern makeover in the Gaokao, and that this
ideology induces working-class and rural students to believe in
upward social mobility through higher education. When the Gaokao
broke the promise of status improvement for rural students, they
turned to the Chinese Communist Party and sought political
connections by actively applying for its membership. This book
reveals a bleak picture of visible and invisible inequality in
terms of access to and participation in higher education in
contemporary China. Written in an accessible style, it offers a
valuable resource for researchers and non-specialist readers alike.
Chinese historical drama that depicts the events which took the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to power in the first half of the
20th century. Much of the film follows the personal and political
growth of Mao Zedong (Ye Liu), a young student who plays a key role
in forming the CCP and will eventually go on to lead it and assume
the title, Chairman Mao, by which he is better known. Mao's fate is
contrasted with that of Chen Duxiu (Yuanzheng Feng), one of the two
main founders of the Chinese Communist Party and an early mentor to
Mao. However, Chen's insistence that communist values of sharing
and solidarity must be married to democratic elections and the free
exchange of ideas ultimately see him barred from the party by Mao
and a helpless passenger as the country begins its move towards
dictatorship...
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Blood Brothers (DVD)
Daniel Wu, Ye Liu, Qi Shu, Tony Yang, "Lulu", …
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Discovery Miles 880
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Sumptuously-filmed Chinese gangster drama set in 1930s Shanghai.
Two brothers, Gang (Liu Ye) and Hu (Tony Yang), and their best
friend Feng (Daniel Wu) - self-proclaimed 'blood brothers' - leave
the village where they grew up to pursue their dream of making it
big in the city's underworld. Their close bond is severely tested
as they rise up through the ranks and greed, power and ambition
take their toll. Qi Shu co-stars as sultry cabaret singer and
gangster's moll Lulu.
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