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The Origin of China’s Rural–Urban Relations

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After putting forward the Smith Framework, the key problem that follows closely is how to apply it to examine the actual situation of the changes in the relations between urban and rural areas in China. This chapter is intended to verify the core concept of the Smith Framework—the rationality of the natural order and its significance by comparing the origins of rural–urban relationship within China and outside China, summarizing its generality and Chinese particularity.

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Ye, C. (2021). The Origin of China’s Rural–Urban Relations. In: A Theory and History of Rural–urban Governance in China. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1201-5_4

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