More than book reading: A case study on Liren Rural Library
In: Communication and the public: CAP, Band 1, Heft 3, S. 351-355
ISSN: 2057-0481
This essay looks at Liren Rural Library, a grassroots educational project, in order to shed light on the current situation of civil society organizations in China. With a detailed description of how Liren Rural Library started, thrived, and struggled and a look into the variable relationship between Liren Rural Library and the state, this case study intends to add new empirical material to the discussion of how civil society evolves and develops under a dominant state. It also aims to show the persistent influence of traditional, offline civil society organizations, despite the penetration of the Internet, at least on people in rural areas of China.