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The book addresses six key questions: (1) How do Chinese leaders and entrepreneurs help us understand the SCS and China's trajectory? (2) How has the CCP shifted the SCS from supporting to controlling entrepreneurs? (3) How did entrepreneurs rise, why are they punished now, and how severe are the sanctions? (4) How have they resisted through legal and institutional means--and with what outcomes? (5) How are they perceived publicly amid negative media portrayals? (6) What do their interactions with the state reveal, from a Daoist perspective, about China's future? The book is intended for policymakers, business leaders, scholars, and graduate students, speaking to the field of sociology, political economy, business, media, and China studies. It contributes to our understanding of the limits and reach of political power in contemporary China, the societal impacts of policy implementation, and the evolving role of entrepreneurs in shaping China's future.
William Zhengdong Hu, a Warwick Ph.D. and the first Chinese recipient of The Sociological Review Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2023-24, authored this book based on three years of mixed-method research, including 81 interviews and analysis of court judgments, official reports, and news articles. His interest lies in applying Daoist wisdom to discern the core forces shaping contemporary China's development, especially the dynamic between politics and business
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