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Trotz unverkennbarer wirtschaftlicher Erfolge befindet sich die VR China seit einigen Jahren in einer sozialpolitisch sehr kritischen Phase. Dieser Ansicht sind nicht nur erfahrene Chinakenner im Ausland, sie wird auch von einsichtigen Sozialwissenschaftlern in der VR China selbst geteilt. Erst vor einigen Monaten haben die drei bekannten Sozialwissenschaftler Hu Angang, Wang Shaoguang und Ding Yuanzhu die Staatsführung vor der Gefahr explosiver sozialer Unruhen gewarnt. Es sei höchste Zeit, verstärkt Maßnahmen im Bereich der sozialen Sicherung zu treffen, um drohende Konflikte mit den "sozial schwachen" Gruppen zu vermeiden oder zumindest abzuschwächen (Su Renyan 2002).

China's "Government Online Project", launched in 1999, illustrates the ambition of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to set up an e-government. However, the real motivation behind this project is much more than just the sole establishment of service-oriented government websites. The CCP also hopes to gain technical legitimacy in the process. By highlighting the development of this project, which has not been widely publicised, and by revealing the problems the CCP encountered with it, the author attempts to prove that the CCP's endorsement of a new digital world is an attempt to gain technical legitimacy. Through such an analysis, the author also shows that because the CCP plays an increasingly proactive role as well as a reactive one, a contradiction between the need to achieve technical legitimacy and Chinese utilitarianism exists.

Die steigende Arbeitslosigkeit in den chinesischen Städten1 stellt die Regierungen bereits seit einigen Jahren vor ernsthafte Schwierigkeiten. Einer Umfrage unter der städtischen Bevölkerung im Jahr 2001 ist zu entnehmen, dass sie für die Stadtbürger das Problem Nummer Eins ist (Ru Xin 2002: 45). Die unaufhaltsame Zunahme der Arbeitslosen hat dabei nicht allein strukturelle Gründe, obwohl die wirtschaftliche Umstrukturierung gerade durch Chinas Beitritt zur WTO neue Impulse erhalten hat. Sie lässt sich auch durch den "Generationswechsel" auf Seiten der Arbeitskräfte erklären; denn ein guter Teil der entlassenen oder von Entlassung bedrohten Arbeitskräfte gehört zur Generation der "Kulturrevolution" (1966-1976) und kann wegen ihres meist niedrigen Bildungsniveaus die Anforderungen der neuen Arbeitsplätze nicht erfüllen. Diese so genannte verlorene Generation wird kurzund mittelfristig eine erhebliche Last sowohl für die Arbeitslosen-als auch für die Rentenversicherung darstellen.

Kulturwirtschaft, im Englischen creative economy genannt, gewinnt seit den letzten Jahren immer mehr an Bedeutung. Seitdem die Telekommunikationstechnologie eine neue Entwicklungsstufe erreicht hat, ist weltweit der zunehmende Einfluss der Kulturwirtschaft nicht nur auf das Alltagsleben, sondern auch als eigener Wirtschaftssektor zu beobachten. Ein geeignetes Beispiel dafür ist Großbritannien. Dort übersteigen die Einnahmen aus Popsongs und den damit einhergehenden Audio- Video-Produkten inzwischen die Einnahmen aus der gesamten Stahlindustrie des Landes. Insgesamt hat sich die Konsumierung von Kulturprodukten im Westen wie auch in anderen Erdteilen in den letzten Jahrzehnten vervielfacht und in einem erstaunlichen Tempo international ausgeweitet (Soendermann 2001).

AbstractEvery child deserves a fair chance in life. However, migrant children are at higher risk of developing mental health problems. The problem of migrant children who have left their hukou registration place for 6 months or longer with their parents from rural areas to cities in China has become a unique social issue in the social transformation of China. However, even up to this day, little is known about life satisfaction of migrant children in small and medium-sized cities. To investigate the current situation of migrant children's life satisfaction, several scales including Chinese Adolescent Students' Life Satisfaction Questionnaire, Social Economic Status Scale, Social Support Rating Scale and big five inventory were used to obtain data on 142 migrant children and 165 local primary school students. Results showed that migrant children's life satisfaction was significantly lower when compared to local non-migrant students. The study also highlighted that subjective and objective support, utilization of support, conscientiousness and parent's educational level were predictive factors of life satisfaction. Migrant children' life satisfaction was not optimistic and social support was significantly influencing factors of migrant children's life satisfaction, so they need a support system of government, school, community, family to help them through difficulties.

Every child deserves a fair chance in life. However, migrant children are at higher risk of developing mental health problems. The problem of migrant children who have left their hukou registration place for 6 months or longer with their parents from rural areas to cities in China has become a unique social issue in the social transformation of China. However, even up to this day, little is known about life satisfaction of migrant children in small and medium-sized cities. To investigate the current situation of migrant children's life satisfaction, several scales including Chinese Adolescent Students' Life Satisfaction Questionnaire, Social Economic Status Scale, Social Support Rating Scale and big five inventory were used to obtain data on 142 migrant children and 165 local primary school students. Results showed that migrant children's life satisfaction was significantly lower when compared to local non-migrant students. The study also highlighted that subjective and objective support, utilization of support, conscientiousness and parent's educational level were predictive factors of life satisfaction. Migrant children' life satisfaction was not optimistic and social support was significantly influencing factors of migrant children's life satisfaction, so they need a support system of government, school, community, family to help them through difficulties.

AbstractThis paper will study the role that new media plays in shaping social memory by exploring China's grass‐root narratives existing in blogs. By conducting a content analysis, the main features of China's storytellers are illuminated. While emphasizing the role of narratives in shaping a nation's social memory in China, explanations for the source of a new social memory are being searched. In doing so, the linear‐model of cause and effect between technology and social change, including McLuhan's term "digital village" are being questioned. The author predicts that, under today's circumstances, China's memory policy including an internalized self‐censorship will still have its effectiveness.