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China has undergone a major revolutionary transformation since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 (“Liberation”) and the “Cultural Revolution,” the 10-year period of struggle and turmoil from 1966 to 1976. In the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution, China has embarked upon a new program of “socialist modernization” that promises to bring about additional changes in the society. The conventional wisdom holds that the traditional Chinese family has consequently experienced similar revolutionary changes and transformation. This is based on the assumption that the political ideology of the Chinese Communist Party contradicts the values of the traditional Chinese family. However, whether this assumption is correct, that is, whether the values of the traditional Chinese family have in fact changed, and if so, to what degree, are questions that call for more careful investigation.
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Hu, S.M. (1988). The Chinese Family. In: Birns, B., Hay, D.F. (eds) The Different Faces of Motherhood. Perspectives in Developmental Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2109-3_6
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