Ordinary & The Extraordinary

First Published in 1996. This study is the outcome of eight-months'' fieldwork in Beijing, the capital of the People''s Republic of China (PRC), from 8 November 1988 to 17 June 1989. The original purpose of the fieldwork had been to acquire a grass-roots perspective on the dynamics of Chinese state socialist society under the impact of ten years of reform. This was extended to include People''s Mo...