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China-South Korea Social
Transformation Seminar Opens at PKU
PKU NEWS 2009--12—15
http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=260930845
Peking University, Dec 15, 2009: The first annual academic seminar themed
―China-South Korea Social Transformation‖ was held on November 28th at Peking
University (PKU). The seminar was initiated by Peking University‘s Department of
Sociology and Seoul National University.
The scholars conducted lively discussions on the rapid social transformation in China
and Korea. In the seminar for professors, sociology professors from PKU presented
their extensive research regarding the transitional China. Professor Xie Lizhong
made a speech titled, ―Beijing Consensus: A Lesson from the Past or A Strategy for
the Future?‖ Professor Yang Shanhua discussed ―The Use of ICT Product and the
‗white-collarization‘ of the White-collars: A Perspective from Everyday Life‖.
Professor Liu Aiyu spoke on ―Job Satisfaction: A Comparison between Rural-workers
and Urban-workers‖. Professor Lu Jiehua talked about ―Gerontological Training and
Research: China‘s Experience‖. Professor Zhu Xiaoyang presented a paper on
―Brown Fields, Ill fields and Losing Farmlands: A Re-study of a Village Near Dianchi‖.
Professor Xiong made a speech on ―Social change and social policy in transitional
China: National adaptation to global challenge‖ and Professor Liu Neng discussed
―Locating Changes in Contemporary Contexts:Some Theoretical Thoughts on
Chinese Mass Collective Actions‖. Professor Han Xiangzhen from University of
Seoul shared his research on ―Dual Structuration of Middle Class Politics in Mainland
China and South Korea: Focusing on Citizens‘ Initiatives and Democratic
Orientation‖ Scholars from South Korea also shared their research results in the
seminar: Professor Anthony Woodiwiss on ―Contemporary Western social theory
through the looking glass and what is found there‖; Professor Hong Doucheng on
―Consumption Culture of the Korean Middle Class: Towards Implications of Cultural
Capital and Social Capital for Consumption Culture‖; Professor Xu Erzhong on ―The
development of Sociology of Information in Korea‖; Professor Ju Renhui on ―The
Emerging Welfare State in Korea: Is it really neo-liberal?‖. Professor Xie Lizhong and
Yang Shanhua from PKU and Professor Han Xiangzhen and Zheng Genzhi from
Seoul National University presided over the seminar.
Graduates from the two universities also joined in hot discussion afterwards. Hu Wei
discussed ―The Art of the Government Management from the Case Study of YW
Labor Union‖. Li Huadou talked about ―Social Security and the Social Transformation
in China‖. Yin Zhongxi from Seoul National University gave a speech on ―About a
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