Publication Type
News Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
1-2009
Abstract
Women in straw hats stoop over water-logged plots, working together to plant rice seedlings. A weather-worn man trudges behind an ox ploughing his family's field. Farmers throw newly harvested grain in the air so the wind can carry off the chaff. Tour buses navigate past grain carefully laid out on the black-topped road to dry. Though picturesque, these images of rural China perpetuate stereotypes of a conservative culture resistant to change - and affect public policy.
Discipline
Asian Studies | Political Science | Rural Sociology
Research Areas
Political Science; Sociology
Publication
Straits Times
ISSN
1692-9344
Publisher
Singapore Press holdings
Citation
ZHANG, Forrest and DONALDSON, John A., "Update mental pictures of rural China" (2009). Research Collection School of Social Sciences. Paper 2112.
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2112
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2112
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