Made in China Journal: Volume 3, Issue 1, 2018
Edited by: Ivan Franceschini, Nicholas Loubere
, Christian SoracePlease read Conditions of use before downloading the formats.
Description
On 12 May 2008, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit Wenchuan county, Sichuan province. Felt as far as Beijing, the tremors caused horrific damage: 69,229 people died and 17,923 went missing. Yet, the aftermath of the seism was also a time of hope—with Chinese citizens from all over the country outdoing each other to show solidarity with the victims. As local governments began to recognise the importance of NGOs in providing disaster relief and social services, 2008 was widely seen as a ‘Year Zero’ for Chinese civil society. At that time, hardly anybody could have foreseen the wave of repression against civil society that was to come and that is today the norm. This issue looks back at the legacy of this disaster, and the ways in which state and civil society actors renegotiate their positions during ‘states of emergency’.
Details
- ISSN (print):
- 2652-6352
- ISSN (online):
- 2206-9119
- Publication date:
- Mar 2018
- Imprint:
- ANU Press
- DOI:
- http://doi.org/10.22459/MIC.03.01.2018
- Journal:
- Made in China Journal
- Disciplines:
- Business & Economics; Science: Environmental Sciences; Social Sciences: Politics & International Studies, Social Policy & Administration
- Countries:
- East Asia: China
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Op-eds
- The Abolition of the Two-term Limit: A Sea Change? (PDF, 0.1MB) – William Hurst doi
- Eviction and the Right to the City (PDF, 0.1MB) – Kevin Lin doi
- Confessions Made in China (PDF, 0.2MB) – Magnus Fiskesjö doi
- Xinjiang Today: Wang Zhen Rides Again? (PDF, 0.1MB) – Tom Cliff doi
China Columns
- Beijing Evictions, a Winter’s Tale (PDF, 0.2MB) – Li Qiaochu, Jiani Song and Zhang Shuchi doi
- Justice Restored under Xi Jinping: A Political Project (PDF, 0.1MB) – Elisa Nesossi doi
- The Global Age of Algorithm: Social Credit and the Financialisation of Governance in China (PDF, 0.3MB) – Nicholas Loubere and Stefan Brehm doi
Conversations
- Human Rights in China: A Conversation with Eva Pils (PDF, 0.4MB) – Elisa Nesossi doi
Focus
- Be Grateful to the Party! How to Behave in the Aftermath of a Disaster (PDF, 0.3MB) – Christian Sorace doi
- The World Is Yours! Youth and Civic Engagement from Sichuan to Parkland (PDF, 0.2MB) – Xu Bin doi
- Sichuan, Year Zero? (PDF, 0.2MB) – Kang Yi doi
- Civic Transformation in the Wake of the Wenchuan Earthquake: State, Society, and the Individual (PDF, 0.4MB) – Sun Taiyi doi
- The Power of the Square: Post-earthquake Activism in Mianyang (PDF, 0.2MB) – Gao Huan doi
- Documenting the Earthquake (PDF, 0.3MB) – Marina Svensson doi
Window on Asia
- Ulaanbaatar, City of the Future (PDF, 0.4MB) – Christian Sorace doi
Work of Arts
- Figuring Post-worker Shenzhen (PDF, 0.6MB) – Mary Ann O'Donnell doi
- Rural Migrant Workers in Independent Films: Representations of Everyday Agency (PDF, 0.6MB) – Eric Florence doi
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