Chinese academic traditions take zuo ren—self-fulfillment in terms of moral cultivation—as
the ultimate goal of education. To many in contemporary China, however, the nation seems …

This article explores the angst of deeply committed volunteers in China, engaging with
anthropological debates on ethics under conditions of “moral breakdown.” Under market …

This article examines the transnational commemoration of the Second World War through
the Chinese Expeditionary Force (CEF) Fever campaign. The campaign focuses on …

Unprecedented social change in China has intensified the contradictions faced by ordinary
people in everyday life. They may find themselves drawing on a number of different moral …

In the Maoist period, the Chinese socialist state encouraged the genre of “speaking
bitterness” in order to give expression to past sufferings and cultivate a class consciousness …

Since economic liberalization and the opening-up policy of the early 1980s, China has
become more connected to the global market. With the flood of foreign commodities and …