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Marina Svensson

Professor

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Yu Jianrong: From Concerned Scholar to Advocate for the Marginalized

Author

  • Eva Pils
  • Marina Svensson

Summary, in English

In this second issue on the scholar and public intellectual Yu Jianrong, we address some of the topics that have been at the core of his academic work and where his research and views have helped shaped awareness of these issues among the general public and the academic community. We focus on the rural-urban divide, land issues (including land confiscations and property demolitions), the letters and visits system, and social unrest and the so-called stability issue. To highlight the public intellectual dimension of Yu's work, we have selected some of his articles from traditional media; speeches that he has made and that have been circulated on the Internet; public debates with officials, scholars, and foreigners; and interactions with netizens on Sina Weibo.

Department/s

  • Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

3-16

Publication/Series

Contemporary Chinese Thought

Volume

46

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

M. E. Sharpe

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

  • China
  • Public intellectuals
  • Law
  • Asian Studies

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1558-0997