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An Examination of the Inherent Tensions in Contemporary Chinese Social Life
Abstract
Chinese modernization represents a dialectical movement characterized by the holistic generation, differentiation, and reconstitution of social life. Following the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), it successfully terminated the fragmented and turbulent state that had gradually emerged since the Opium Wars. During the early stages of nation-building, socialist transformation, and subsequent socialist construction achieved comprehensive consolidation of political governance and unification of social life. Post-reform and opening-up policies enabled distinct social domains to operate according to their intrinsic principles and rhythms, initiating comprehensive structural and historical differentiation and reorganization. This systemic transformation resulted in inherent tensions within social life. By addressing these inherent tensions as opportunities and driving forces to overcome challenges, Chinese modernization has thus entered a new era and ascended to a higher historical plane. The Chinese nation is now positioned to achieve great rejuvenation through its elevation to the status of a world-historical civilization and its embodiment of a global community with a shared future for mankind, grounded in humanistic principles at their most profound level.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/13799
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