One country two societies rural urban inequality in contenzporary chinareports new research on the nature extent and sources of inequality between all things rural and urban in contemporary china this introductory essay explains why this volume and the conference on wllich it was based may have something new and important to say about the nature of the worlds most populous and dynamic society despite a substantial literature examining aspects of village life cities and rural . One country two societies rural urban inequality in contemporary china doug guthrie contemporary sociology 2011 40 6 765 766 download citation if you have the appropriate software installed you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice simply select your manager software from the list below and click on download format tips on citation download . One country two societies rural urban inequality in contemporary china author martin king whyte about the book this timely and important collection of original essays analyzes chinas foremost social cleavage the rural urban gap it is now clear that the chinese communist revolution though professing dedication to an egalitarian society in practice created a rural order akin to . Request pdf one country two societies rural urban inequality in contemporary china review urban rural inequality exists in all developing countries however this problem is the most acute . China is still struggling with that legacy the reforms of 1978 changed basic aspects of economic and social life in chinaaetms villages and cities and altered the nature of the rural urban relationship but some important institutions and practices have changed only marginally or not at all and china is still sharply divided into rural and urban castes with different rights and