The discrepancy of wealth distribution in People’s Republic of China has been experiencing some unequal distribution as compared to the other counties in the world. This implies that there has been a large gap from the wealthy to middle class in the Country in the past. For instance, a look at Bobo fever which are highly educated people who have background in their creativity, bohemian and bourgeois realm which refers to worldly success and ambition. The name Bobos come from certain information age elite called bourgeois bohemians. It migrated from America as a book written by David Brook, the Bobos in Paradise. It was a sociology book that entailed rise of America’s age of economy and its effect in the American upscale culture. The Bobo fetishism got triggered in China in 1980 and the book got translation into Chinese in 2002.
Bobo formed some kind of internet connect to the Chinese people. They would post their advertisement in the website for communication purposes. The first website that was related to Bobo was XiXi hutong (www.xici.net) which posted the first Bobo page as it was providing advice on the function of the Bobo and how to find them and how to be like them. The website had a series of questions that needed to be answered. It provided ground for cultural advertisements. Some of the advertisements that were done included the Alcatel OT715, Legend Solei Notebook E100 and Bobo International Changsha, Human Province. Thus the word Bobo was entirely used in delivering messages as well s premium values. Therefore in the marketing sector it improved its action entirely. However, it only could help the rich only but not the poor. Bobo would only be used where technology needed some improvement and where education was available. The life weekly magazine which represented the authoritative lifestyle explained that there were only few bobo in China. The economic observer explained that the fevers were concentrate where there were rich people on class thus putting the difference between the two. The social value related to this brought a lot of instability. The period between 2003 and 2004 labeled the rich as enduring the inconvenience brought about by the social scrutiny. This was as the new generation as politic went with new slogan of social justice (shehui gongzheng) to end the ethos of mindless materialism. They blamed the materialistic society for the torture of those students trapped in poverty thus, ending up in insanity. Thus it became fair to say wealth would never be a stigma for the rich people as poverty affected the poor.
For instance, a case in 2003 where a woman driving a BMW ran over a poor person brought a lot media furore. Again the murder of four dorm mates in the university of Yunnan by poor peasant colleagues Ma Jiajue again triggered a lot if social criticism as well. Social critics emphasized on the situation as well posing questions on the supremacy of Bourgeoisie. It China lacked bohemians. The life weekly came up with new and old myth of whether China lacked Bobos due to lack of middle class.
On the economy issue, it got contributed by signing of giant clock by the Sino-British Declaration which usually hangs in Chinese national flags as well as emblems. The clock was installed between the two pillars building occupying the national Museum of Chinese History as well as National museum of Chinese revolution. Upon return of Hong Kong to China, the countdown clock enabled sufficient economy addressing individual and collective feeling towards the loss and reunification with Hong Kong. The clock involved improvising of new technology in the media.
Tiananmen countdown clock proved as just not a convectional mechanical piece but also multimedia device intergrading electric, mechanical as well as digital media. The idea brought about the understanding of the clock as not only a device of time but also subject to reflective.
The clocks were being used by the rich for timing in their technological phases. It contributed in carrying out their activities in marketing and trading. Clock also cut the employment opportunities since there was no mankind working especially in their industries. As an ordinary time piece it got its use in planning the activities of the day. The consumption of media spectacle shaped the countdown clock which in turn shaped the Hong Kong Government project for circulating norm of neoliberal entrepreneurial within the society. It changed the integral for the mankind since the poor used to time themselves through the use of drums. They could not afford the clocks. This brought the change between media and time telling in the societies indicated.
The poor in the cultural Chinese way of life used sound instead of sight in telling time I China. Again in the area of broadcasting they usually used Drums and bells in the Chinese cities and towns until the clocks were introduced in 20th century. During the Tang Dynasty, Chinese used to have drums like ten of them in every tower. They were used in producing sound to the public when officially required. In some cities the sound used to alert the residents on the time to work, rest retreat into the individual courtyard, open the city gates and when to go the farm.
The farmers would labor in the farm with the assistance of their families. When time to rest emerged they would be notified through the drums provided thus, collective coordinated work. For instance in the province of Sichuan, collective farming was carried out in songs and dynasties of Yuan. Therefore, only the private companies used to trade the clock at some price which the poor could not purchase. This was until the Jesuit mission that progressed across China offering the clocks for free as gifts. Later the Europeans introduced their clocks that were used to show time scale and direction. These clocks helped in transportation sectors s well as showing the time for progression. In China the time in the cities were being monitored by the astronomical observatories. The observatories were introduced in the China by the French in 1872.
In communication, change was brought about by introduction of Television which improved public sense in the real time in China. The Chinese Television begun in 1956. However, it remained undeveloped and experimental until 1960s. This improved the communication system as well as clock system. It got boosted by the introduction of China Central Television (CCTV). This television network began aimed at unifying China through presentation of official information and news, use f Chinese and offering the appropriate entertainment. The television network would later expand rapid though challenged by the United States in 1950s.The advantage of the introduction of these televisions and radio was providing consciousness in the clock time. This was due to the fact that time can be announced on air each time that coordinating a lot of things in the country. They also provided employment opportunities in the major town like Beijing and other main cities. Radios and televisions also were used as a source of education to those who posed them. Among the other areas of development in China, communication and entertainment got the highest boost in this sector. In late 1950s, it had got its way to almost the whole country and well distributed as compared to the cultural times.
Arbitration in the state living in China can be given through an example by ownership of dogs. For instance they are common in Hopetown one of the new town in Beijing’s residential compound owned by the residential middle class people. This could be with the exception of the poverty affected people. The reason beyond this is due to ability to pay for fines for ownership sip of the dogs. Residents in the new cities are professional middle class who are able to pay for the fines imposed. This fine could go the 5000 Yuan for registration and 2000 Yuan for annual management of the dogs. This can be with an added fine for feeding the dogs. The rural residents are unable to pay for that that maintenance and registration fee thus they don’t own such dogs. The problem can be citied with the difference in the originality and class. For instance the salaried middle class were the people who lived in the urban are. They were said to be learned and worked in the industries and other ownerships. Salaried middle class people never recognized tradition and the lives were classy as compared to the rural dwellers.
Therefore, the idea of transition of wealth in China was not for everyone while it got engraved within policies from the time of Deng Xiaping formulation of a well-off society which allowed some people to get rich fast. The urban dwellers difference with the rural people in China had specific reasons. These people were armed with knowledge, money as well as social relations. The middle to high income earner shared relatively experiences in ownership of home as well as putting resources in education. Again these people got employment in areas where they had good salaries and with crucial responsibilities. These responsibilities comprised of technical, managerial or administrative in public sectors. The Homeowners were strict in their work and management and had well payment. They were also loyal to their jobs. In comparison, there were other Chinese especially from the rural areas, who lacked education. They had no experience and could not work in those private or public sectors for salary. These were the ones who were termed as the poor and once in awhile could work in the middle class farms.
In the trials to increase the purchasing power or the ability to improve the employees who had low incomes which never rose from early reforms, in 1990, they saw increase in their salaries. The beneficiaries were those employees in the health sector, education sector as well as those working under the scientific institutions. There was also o some sort of shortage of specific areas of expertise which led to competition in professional’s salaries. Therefore, the breakthrough in payments or salaries indicated that professionals need to have skills more as compared to administrative responsibilities. However, the government has played a major role in improvement of employment opportunities. They did that through improving the areas of expertise, educating the people and opening up many employment opportunities. These see the rise In the GDP in China as it has risen significantly.
Housing policies also have been affected significantly over the period. The State social engineering aimed at improving the ranks of middle class are the key player in the housing in China. The involvement of these people in housing has affected the sector through; residential segregation pattern which can be determined through the commercialization of housing while shaping gated communities in urban environment. The residents here can enjoy the relative autonomy through engaging in other forms of housing. The other reason why middle class play one of the crucial roles can be through the state intervention. This could be to subsidize the ownership of their homes while favoring public employees while still providing them with better access to improve home ownership. The land ownership in the urban areas has attracted the scientists meant to build structure. These improves he areas in creation of employment and residential. The urban areas attracted investors who improved the real estate’s for residential. All these land for housing attracting the middle class. The rural areas have been left for farming with less people in such sectors of farming.
In concussion, Chinese popular culture has attracted a lot change in the resent years. All these changes affect certain areas significantly. It has influenced technology, education, housing policies and other areas of improvement in China. However, with all those changes, there has been a major difference between the rich and the poor in the society. This difference has been brought about by factors of urbanization, technology and marketing. Education and skills are other areas that have led to employment in the urban areas thus improving the Chinese GDP.
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