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Fruit chans dumplings new: diary of a madman in post mao global capitalism / Tongline, Lu

Tongline, Lu	Journal Article
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2010.

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This essay examines fruit Chan's 2004 horror film Dumplings which uses cannibalism as a metaphor for Chinese tradition. In this respect, the film has inherited Lu Xun's criticism of Chinese tradition in his "diary of Madman" at the beginning of the 20th century. This tradition however has been changed radically through the modernization process. Dumplings present contemporary Chinese culture as a hybrid combination, which has been transformed not only by Maoist legacy but also by the powerful influence of global capitalism.

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Global Capitalism ; Fruit Chans ; Dumplings ; Madman ; Post mao ; Chinese Flim

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Performance legitimacy, state autonomy and China's economic miracle / Yang, Hongxing; Zhao, Dingxin

Yang, Hongxing	Article
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Theories that explain post-Mao China's economic success tend to attribute it to one or several ‘successful’ policies or institutions of the Chinese government, or to account for the success from economic perspectives. This article argues that the success of the Chinese economy relies not just on the Chinese state's economic policy but also on its social policies. Moreover, China's economic success does not merely lie in the effectiveness of any single economic or social policy or institution, but also in the state's capacity to make a policy shift when it faces the negative unintended consequences of its earlier policies. The Chinese state is compelled to make policy shifts quickly because performance constitutes the primary base of its legitimacy, and the Chinese state is able to make policy shifts because it enjoys a high level of autonomy inherited from China's past. China's economic development follows no fixed policies and relies on no stable institutions, and there is no ‘China model’ or ‘Beijing consensus’ that can be constructed to explain its success.

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China ; Economic Miracle ; State Autonomy ; Post mao ; Economic Success ; Economic Policy ;
Performance Legitimacy ; China's Economic Development ; Urban Reform

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