Looking Backwards and Forwards: The Development of Film Art in the People’s Republic of China

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhifeng Hu ◽  
Yin Chen
Keyword(s):  
High Standard ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Advanced Country ◽  
New Era ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
Reform And Opening Up ◽  
Chinese Films

Abstract The development of film art in the People’s Republic of China throughout the past 70 years can be roughly divided into two stages: before and after the reform and opening-up. During this period, Chinese films not only influenced the political, economic, social, and cultural spheres, but they also produced aesthetics with uniquely Chinese characteristics, distinguishing themselves on the world film stage. However, after 70 years of development, Chinese films still have many contradictions and problems, namely: how to deal with the relationships between education and entertainment, plan and market, tradition/China/subjectivity, and modernity/world/diversity. Prejudicial tendencies can be avoided with a dialectical view of these relationships, and a healthy, integrated, and developmental track can be achieved. With this new historical contextualization in mind, to realize the transformation from a big film country to a strong film country, Chinese films should keep pace with the country’s economic and social strategic development, enhancing their quality and making contributions to a culturally advanced country with many high-standard films in the new era.

China’s urban-rural relationship: evolution and prospects

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 260-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenghe Zhang ◽  
Yawen Lu
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
The Future ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Reform And Opening Up ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose In the 69 years since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, especially the 40 years since the reform and opening-up, the relationship between urban and rural areas has undergone profound change. When the deepening reform of the urban-rural relationship is entering a critical period, it is necessary to reassess the evolution of the urban-rural relationship in China and draw a picture for that relationship in the future. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This paper combs the policies on the urban and rural development since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, and analyzes macro data on the industries, population, personal income, and other aspects. Findings The study found that this urbanism affects individuals’ lives and the choices of society through the will of the state, and then provides feedback at the whole level of social values. Originality/value This paper divides the evolution of China’s urban-rural relationship into two major stages – nurturing cities with rural areas and leading rural areas with cities, which are then subdivided into five periods. The features of the relationship between the urban and rural areas in different periods are analyzed, and the future development of urban-rural relations is also considered.

scholarly journals Maintaining Social Cohesion in the People’s Republic of China in the New Era

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minsoo Lee ◽  
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Edimon Ginting ◽  
Limin Wang ◽  
Meiyan Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Cohesion ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
New Era ◽  
Republic Of China

scholarly journals The characteristics and trends of historical writing in the People’s Republic of China since 1978

HISTOREIN ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Xupeng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Revolution ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
Historical Writing ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Global History ◽  
Contemporary China ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
The Third ◽  
Reform And Opening Up ◽  
Opening Up

The December 1978 decision at the third plenary session of the eleventh central committee of the Chinese Communist Party to implement reform and opening-up marks an important watershed in historical studies in contemporary China. With this in mind, historical studies in contemporary China can be conveniently subdivided into three periods: the period from the founding of the People’s Republic of China to the start of the Cultural Revolution (1949–1966); the Cultural Revolution period (1966–1976); and the period starting with reform and opening-up, or the “new period” (1978 onwards). This paper gives a comprehensive survey on historical writing in the People’s Republic of China since 1978. The paper has three parts. The first is about how and why Chinese historians have turned away from traditional political history to cultural and social histories. The second part analyses four paradigms in contemporary historical research in China: the revolutionary history paradigm, modernisation paradigm, postmodern paradigm and global history paradigm. The third part reviews world history studies in China and lists four methods that have successively been employed, namely total/integral history, modernisation history, the history of civilisational exchange and global history. The paper concludes that it is incumbent on Chinese historians to be sensitive to all foreign historiographies while steadfastly adhering to the best Chinese traditions, for only in this way can a unique and worthy model of Chinese historiography emerge.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL ECONOMY OF THE MORIN-DAWA DAUR AUTONOMOUS REGION IN 1958–1984*

2018 ◽  
pp. 100-105
Author(s):  
B. D. Tsybenov
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Revolution ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
National Minorities ◽  
Reform And Opening Up ◽  
Historical Methods

The subject of this study is the agriculture of the Morin-Dawa Daur Autonomous region. The purpose of the article is to study the agricultural development of the national autonomy of the Daur people in 1958–1984. The author used foreign and Russian sources and employed chronological, retrospective, and concrete historical methods of research. The article features the formation and development of people's communes and production brigades in the autonomous region, as well as their agricultural activities during the years of the "big leap", "cultural revolution", and "reform and opening up" in China. The author also studied the degradation of agriculture and pastures during the "cultural revolution". The results of the research can be applied in scientific and practical studies of the agriculture of the national minorities of the People’s Republic of China, in a comparative study of the national economic complexes of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China. The author concludes that the development of agriculture of the Morin-Dawa Daur Autonomous region was an integral part of the nation-wide processes in the Chinese agriculture.

Enforcement of Hong Kong Sar Court Judgments in the People's Republic of China

2000 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 867-875
Author(s):  
Qingjiang Kong
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
Special Administrative Region ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
New Era ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Administrative Region ◽  
British Colony ◽  
Hong Kong Sar ◽  
The Impact

On 1 July 1997 Hong Kong entered a new era when it was transformed from a British colony into a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The impact of the handover of Hong Kong cannot be overstated but, for the time being perhaps, may lie more in the sphere of ideology than in institutions.

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