This book presents a view of social life in China and discusses different methods for studying contemporary China as a tool for introducing students to the stud

Using ingenious research methods, the contributors to this book explore the search for meaning among ordinary people in China today. The subjects of these vivid

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Contrary to longtime assumptions about the insular nature of imperial China’s legal system, Circulating the Code demonstrates that in the Qing dynasty (1644�