Gao Village Revisited

1. Introduction : why Gao Village? -- 2. A critical overall view of China since the late 1990s -- 3. A brief survey of Gao Village since the late 1990s -- 4. The resourcefulness and entrepreneurship of the rural Chinese -- 5. Gao Wenshu : from troublemaker to entrepreneur -- 6. Gao Changxian, Gao Mingxia, and the background of their hotel business -- 7. The Gao family clan and its hotel businesses -- 8. The poor in Gao Village : Gao Lati -- 9. The real estate boom and Gao Changqi, the entrepreneur rubbish collector -- 10. Change and continuity : conflicts of values -- 11. The reach of the state in Gao Village -- 12. The reinvention of tradition and the impact of lineage identity on local governance -- 13. The future of Gao Village and rural China.