| Publication |
2007.
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| Summary/Abstract |
The nature of state-society relations in China has been undergoing a process
of change over the past few decades. It is a process that cannot be obscured, in
which the state and society are incessantly shaping and reshaping their relations. In
the wake of market-oriented reforms, and due to the emergence of environmental
non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the Chinese state has also gradually opened
up to the international community, allowing the linkages between international and
domestic NGOs to be enhanced, and this has further transformed state-society
relations in China. Focusing on the development of environmental NGOs, this
article provides insights into China's changing state-society relations and explores the
key factors that greatly facilitate the transformation of these relations. The anti-dam
movements, which have developed in reaction to the Three Gorges Dam and the
Nujiang project, as well as the issues of resettlement and environmental protection
associated with the dam construction, have caused a new wave of interaction between
the state and society and resulted in a new social movement with Chinese
characteristics
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