Tag / inequality
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有一个家在纽约 – I have a home in New York
Writer Li Jingrui reflects on her time living in New York City, and offers a personal sentimental tours through the various New York Chinatowns.
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死钱，还是活钱？ – Dead money, live money
Where should the money go? In this discussion informed by historical precedent, Xin Lijian argues for a redistribution of national wealth, in favour of entrepreneurs, or ‘hens’ – who generate more for the community – and away from public servants or ‘cocks’, who simply monitor and control. Only then would be wealth of China become ‘alive’, and china prosper.
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公务员世袭化是社会大灾难 – Heredity of civil service positions: a social disaster
An attack on nepotism, denouncing the wealth of party princelings and the dangers of government corruption.
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中国经济的“破窗式”增长 – The broken windows of China’s economic growth
Re-visiting the French economic metaphor of the ‘broken window’, this piece reflects on the potential sterility of China’s contemporary growth.
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“杀马特”：文化贫困产物 – “ShaMaTe”, a product of cultural poverty
Cultural analyst Zhang Tianpan explores the ‘ShaMaTe’ subculture children of migrant workers trying to integrate urban codes.
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村里那些老了的老人们 – These old people back home who ‘got old’
Every year, when he returns to his hometown for Chinese New Year, Li Tianqi enjoys exchanging gossip with groups of old men who sit under trees and walls, enjoying the sunlight. For him, these old men are an endless source of knowledge on everything in the village. But this year, new faces have replaced old familiar ones.
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新疆为何拒绝维吾尔人？ – Why does Xinjiang reject the Uighur?
During a trip to the border region of Xinjiang, writer Luqi Piaopiao encounters a number of locals, Han and Uighur – and notes with sadness the ongoing gap between both groups. Based on the story of Anwar, an Uighur graduate of the Beijing Petroleum University, this piece explores the various difficulties encountered by Uighur people in Xinjiang.
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有一种空虚叫做农村 – There is a void called the countryside
Where are these Shamate coming from, I hear you ask? Look no further, as Zhang Zejia describes his impressions on a visit home. Living in towns populated by children and grandparents as parents search for work in faraway cities, it’s no wonder why these youths want to leave home. What stands out for me in this article is how impoverished these rural people are. Surrounded by huge skyscrapers, branded stores and restaurants, I feel I didn’t fully experience this poverty whilst living in Beijing.
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贫穷，自由与公正 – Poverty, freedom and justice
An in-depth articulation of Zhou Baosong’s position on market liberalism, framed within the broader context of political philosophy
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貧窮之惡 – The evil of poverty
A criticism of pure market liberalism, advocating for wealth redistribution in the name of social justice – introducing the fictional character of Mr Zhang.
