Familialism

[Marcos Garrido]

Familialism has been challenged by modernization in China in the last century, especially after the establishment of communism. It seems that the centralized government of China has broken up this cultural way of life by creating and enforcing policy that directly affects the household. I was especially interested in the comment that Professor Yan made about Chinese citizens from rural areas not being able to move to the cities without some kind of permit, and that they are essentially treated as second class citizens in their own country. I find this very interesting because most people in the world now live in cities, and it seems that the Chinese government wants to control demographics in certain areas. I wanted to ask Professor Yan about some reports coming from the XUAR region where Chinese muslims are being forced to re-educate in this mass internment camps, but due to the lack of time I wasn't able to.