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The changes in China’s class structure and social stratification are directly related to the role CPC has played (alternating between the revolutionary party and the ruling party) and the corresponding adjustment in path, direction and policies. Mao Zedong’s egalitarianism was well received by the working class and resolved the question of social equality, but it lacked efficiency and throttled creativity.
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Because these private businesses attached themselves to state-owned or collective businesses to get legal status, they faced many problems later in terms of legal ownership.
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Wang, H. (2017). Class Consciousness. In: Zhou, X. (eds) Inner Experience of the Chinese People. Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4986-6_12
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