Over time, China and its society have changed dramatically. Today, rural society occupies about half of China, or about 60%. They have very different ideas about life and life patterns. Some are starting to become more modern, while others strive to stay the same. People living in these societies value the primitive and low standard of living, while some want change. Fei Xiaotong shows this in detail throughout his book. From the 1950s onwards, China's revolutionary government had made great efforts to connect the state and its ideology with different villages and to sideline the intermediaries and/or mediators who had traditionally thought about central policies and customs. nationals for those who lived in the village. . The state and the people have been quite successful, establishing respected degrees of political and ideological integration of villages into civilizations and of awareness of political ideas and objectives within the various policies of the state. The direct direction of work on the collective fields made the usual practices of spreading work among the villages almost impossible. Systems of registration and production rationing trapped villagers in their homes and made it almost impossible for them to find their fortune elsewhere. Cooperation with different villagers and satisfactory relationships with different village leaders have become extremely important, more than they had been in the past. The decrease in specific rural exchange, which accompanied the motivation for self-sufficiency in diverse grain production and other economic movements. This has had harsh social and economic implications. China received not only its role, but also its direct power in the rural economy early… middle of paper… with the success of rural exchange, industry and domestic economic behavior and standardization. Works Cited Fei, Xiaotong. From the ground: the foundations of Chinese society. Berkeley: Univ. of California, 1992. Print.Schoppa, R. Keith. Revolution and its past: Identity and change in modern Chinese history. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002. Print.Kishlansky, Mark A. “China in the Early Modern World: Shortcuts, Myths, and Reality.” China in the early modern period: shortcuts, myths and realities. Societies and Cultures in World History, September 4, 1995. Web. February 18, 2014. Buckely, Patricia L. "Introduction to the Modern History of China." Introduction to the modern history of China. Chinese Civilization and Society, 5 October 1990. Web. 16 February. 2014. .