Gao village revisited: the life of rural people in contemporary China
Introduction : why Gao Village? -- A critical overall view of China since the late 1990s -- A brief survey of Gao Village since the late 1990s -- The resourcefulness and entrepreneurship of the rural Chinese -- Gao Wenshu : from troublemaker to entrepreneur -- Gao Changxian, Gao Mingxia, and the background of their hotel business -- The Gao family clan and its hotel businesses -- The poor in Gao Village : Gao Lati -- The real estate boom and Gao Changqi, the entrepreneur rubbish collector -- Change and continuity : conflicts of values -- The reach of the state in Gao Village -- The reinvention of tradition and the impact of lineage identity on local governance -- The future of Gao Village and rural China.