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In every survey of Chinese history, there is no inadequacy of class-based discourses. Eagles are supposed to fly high up in the sky, and mice are supposed to learn to climb the roof. Such heredity is a biological fact and remains universally true. When hereditarianism is used as a metaphor, it has a class-based connotation.
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Mu, G.M., Hu, Y. (2016). Coming into An Inheritance. In: Living with Vulnerabilities and Opportunities in a Migration Context. Spotlight on China. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-785-6_3
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